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coirs

coirs is the plural of coir.

Meaning of coir

Noun

coir (countable and uncountable, plural coirs)

  1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.
    • Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board - no paint, no tar, no new rope, (vilest of smells to the qualmish!) no grease, or oil, or varnish; but instead of these, bamboo and rattan, and coir rope and palm thatch; pure vegetable fibres, which smell pleasantly if they smell at all, and...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 162

Questions about coirs

What is coirs the plural of?
Coirs is the plural of coir.

Words near coirs in the dictionary

  1. coipus
  2. coir
  3. coire licet
  4. Coiro
  5. Coiros
  6. coirs
  7. COIs
  8. coislander
  9. coislanders
  10. coisogenic
  11. coisolate

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