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cowlstaffs

cowlstaffs is the plural of cowlstaff.

Meaning of cowlstaff

Noun

cowlstaff (plural cowlstaffs or cowlstaves)

  1. A staff used to carry a cowl or other burden, especially held by two people on their shoulders.
    • [fight] performed by bastons, clubs and coulstaves1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Questions about cowlstaffs

What is cowlstaffs the plural of?
Cowlstaffs is the plural of cowlstaff.

Words near cowlstaffs in the dictionary

  1. cowlnecks
  2. cowlot
  3. cowlots
  4. cowls
  5. cowlstaff
  6. cowlstaffs
  7. cowlstaves
  8. cowman
  9. cowmanship
  10. cowmeat
  11. cowmen

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