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arm-chests

arm-chests is the plural of arm-chest.

Meaning of arm-chest

Noun

arm-chest (plural arm-chests)

  1. (historical) A portable chest for storing weapons or tools on a ship.
    • This Disappointment chagreen’d the Ship’s Company, who were very intent upon their Market; which was reported to be an Arm-Chest full of Gold, and kept with three Keys;1724, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in A General History of the Pyrates, London: T. Warner, page 265

Questions about arm-chests

What is arm-chests the plural of?
Arm-chests is the plural of arm-chest.

Words near arm-chests in the dictionary

  1. arm's lengths
  2. arm's reach
  3. arm-chair
  4. arm-chairs
  5. arm-chest
  6. arm-chests
  7. arm-in-arm
  8. arm-piece
  9. arm-twist
  10. arm-twisted
  11. arm-twister

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