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cowlstaves

cowlstaves 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 cowlstaves

What is cowlstaves the plural of?
Cowlstaves is the plural of cowlstaff.

Words near cowlstaves in the dictionary

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

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