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dagswains

dagswains is the plural of dagswain.

Meaning of dagswain

Noun

dagswain (usually uncountable, plural dagswains)

  1. (obsolete, usually) A coarse woollen fabric made of daglocks, used for stuffing mattresses and furniture.
    • Our fathers (yea, and ourselves also) have lien full oft upon straw pallets, covered only with a sheet under coverlets made of dagswain or hopharlots (I use their own terms), and a good round log under their heads instead of a bolster or pillow.1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC

Questions about dagswains

What is dagswains the plural of?
Dagswains is the plural of dagswain.

Words near dagswains in the dictionary

  1. DAgr
  2. dags
  3. dags out
  4. Dagsboro
  5. dagswain
  6. dagswains
  7. Dagu
  8. Daguan
  9. Dague
  10. Daguerrean
  11. Daguerreian

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