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cottonclads

cottonclads is the plural of cottonclad.

Meaning of cottonclad

Noun

cottonclad (plural cottonclads)

  1. A wooden warship, of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, that used bales of cotton to protect it from enemy fire.

Questions about cottonclads

What is cottonclads the plural of?
Cottonclads is the plural of cottonclad.

Words near cottonclads in the dictionary

  1. cottonades
  2. cottonball
  3. cottonballs
  4. cottonbush
  5. cottonclad
  6. cottonclads
  7. Cottone
  8. cottoned
  9. cottoned on
  10. cottoned on to
  11. cottoned onto

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