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backstaves

backstaves is the plural of backstaff.

Meaning of backstaff

Noun

backstaff (plural backstaffs or backstaves)

  1. An early navigational instrument for measuring the altitude of the sun and hence calculating latitude.

Questions about backstaves

What is backstaves the plural of?
Backstaves is the plural of backstaff.

Words near backstaves in the dictionary

  1. backstalls
  2. backstamp
  3. backstamped
  4. backstamping
  5. backstamps
  6. backstaves
  7. backstay
  8. backstays
  9. Backstein
  10. backstep
  11. backstepped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backstaves (page history and authors); backstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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