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closh

/klɒʃ/

closh noun: the game of ninepins.

Noun (1)

closh (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The game of ninepins.
    • forbidding the same persons to play at tables, tennis, closh, dice1627, Thomas Gataker, Of the Nature and Use of Lots

Noun (2)

closh (uncountable)

  1. A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis; founder.
    • To heale the closh, or founder in the feet of Cattell1633, Leonard Mascall, he Gouernment of Cattell

Origin of closh

From Dutch klossen (“to play at bowls”).

Compare French clocher (“to limp”).

Words that rhyme with closh

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about closh

What does closh mean?
Closh means the game of ninepins.
What part of speech is closh?
Closh is a noun.
How do you pronounce closh?
Closh is pronounced /klɒʃ/.

Words near closh in the dictionary

  1. closets of the heart
  2. closetsful
  3. closety
  4. closeup
  5. closeups
  6. closh
  7. closhey
  8. closin'
  9. closing
  10. closing argument
  11. closing arguments

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