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clayes

clayes noun: wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments.

Noun

clayes pl (plural only)

  1. (obsolete, plural, plural-only) wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments

Origin of clayes

French claie (“hurdle”).

Questions about clayes

What does clayes mean?
Clayes means wattles or hurdles made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments.
What part of speech is clayes?
Clayes is a noun.

Words near clayes in the dictionary

  1. Claydon with Clattercote
  2. claye
  3. clayed
  4. clayed up
  5. clayen
  6. clayes
  7. clayey
  8. clayeyness
  9. clayfield
  10. clayfields
  11. Claygate

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