drabler
drabler is the alternative form of drabbler.
Meaning of drabbler
Noun
drabbler (plural drabblers)
- A piece of canvas laced to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth or more drop.
- The next day, merrily pursuing our voyage, we came in sight of the island of Chaneph, where Pantagruel's ship could not arrive, the wind chopping about, and then failing us so that we were becalmed, and could hardly get ahead, tacking about from starboard to larboard, and larboard to starboard...1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick...
Forms of drabler
| plural | drablers |
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Questions about drabler
- What is drabler the alternative form of?
- Drabler is the alternative form of drabbler.
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