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buckler plate

buckler plate noun: a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.

Noun

buckler plate (plural buckler plates)

  1. a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.

Forms of buckler plate

pluralbuckler plates

Questions about buckler plate

What does buckler plate mean?
Buckler plate means a cover over a hawsehole, used to keep spray out of the chain locker and prevent deckhands from stepping into the hawsehole.
What part of speech is buckler plate?
Buckler plate is a noun.
What is the plural of buckler plate?
The plural of buckler plate is buckler plates.

Words near buckler plate in the dictionary

  1. buckled up
  2. buckleless
  3. buckler
  4. buckler fern
  5. buckler ferns
  6. buckler plate
  7. buckler plates
  8. bucklered
  9. bucklering
  10. bucklers
  11. Bucklers Hard

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