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cross-jack yards

cross-jack yards is the plural of cross-jack yard.

Meaning of cross-jack yard

Noun

cross-jack yard (plural cross-jack yards)

  1. The lower yard on the mizenmast of a square-rigged ship

Questions about cross-jack yards

What is cross-jack yards the plural of?
Cross-jack yards is the plural of cross-jack yard.

Words near cross-jack yards in the dictionary

  1. cross-interrogation
  2. cross-interrogations
  3. cross-interrogatories
  4. cross-interrogatory
  5. cross-jack yard
  6. cross-jack yards
  7. cross-jurisdictional
  8. cross-jurisdictionally
  9. cross-kick
  10. cross-kicked
  11. cross-kicking

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