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dogshore

dogshore noun: one of several shores (props) used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

Noun

dogshore (plural dogshores)

  1. (archaic, historical) One of several shores (props) used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

Forms of dogshore

pluraldogshores

Origin of dogshore

From dog + shore.

Questions about dogshore

What does dogshore mean?
Dogshore means one of several shores (props) used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
What part of speech is dogshore?
Dogshore is a noun.
What is the plural of dogshore?
The plural of dogshore is dogshores.

Words near dogshore in the dictionary

  1. dogshanks
  2. dogship
  3. dogships
  4. dogshit
  5. dogshite
  6. dogshore
  7. dogshores
  8. dogsick
  9. dogsicle
  10. dogsicles
  11. dogsit

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