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countersheds

countersheds is the plural 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

Questions about countersheds

What is countersheds the plural of?
Countersheds is the plural of countershed.

Words near countersheds in the dictionary

  1. countershaft
  2. countershafted
  3. countershafting
  4. countershafts
  5. countershed
  6. countersheds
  7. countershock
  8. countershocks
  9. countershot
  10. countershots
  11. countershout

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