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counter-shed

counter-shed is the alternative form of countershed.

Meaning of countershed

Noun

countershed (plural countersheds)

  1. A shed (area between warp yarns) with different yarns from a previous one.
    • ww ſind die beiden gekrümmten Urme oder Pedale, welche die Gegenöffnung (countershed tappets) bewirken[…]1842, Andreas Valentin Demme, “53. Verbeſſerte Webemaſchinen”, in Der praktische Maschinenbauer […] , Quedlinburg: Gottfried Baſſe, page 328

Forms of counter-shed

pluralcounter-sheds

Questions about counter-shed

What is counter-shed the alternative form of?
Counter-shed is the alternative form of countershed.

Words near counter-shed in the dictionary

  1. counter-rolls
  2. counter-rotation
  3. counter-rotations
  4. counter-salient
  5. counter-sectarian
  6. counter-shed
  7. counter-sheds
  8. counter-space
  9. counter-stereotypical
  10. counter-stereotypically
  11. counter-sting

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