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clew-garnets

clew-garnets is the plural of clew-garnet.

Meaning of clew-garnet

Noun

clew-garnet (plural clew-garnets)

  1. A rope attaching to the clew (lower corner) of a sail, used to furl it.
    • “Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8

Questions about clew-garnets

What is clew-garnets the plural of?
Clew-garnets is the plural of clew-garnet.

Words near clew-garnets in the dictionary

  1. clew down
  2. clew line
  3. clew lines
  4. clew up
  5. clew-garnet
  6. clew-garnets
  7. clewed
  8. clewed down
  9. clewed up
  10. Clewell
  11. Clewells

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