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draglines

draglines is the plural of dragline.

Meaning of dragline

Noun

dragline (plural draglines)

  1. A cable, cord, or rope used to drag an object; specifically, the line of a dragline excavator that drags the bucket.
    • Drainboard had been terrified by a narrow escape from the jumping spider's dragline. He had twisted it twice around her cerci and told her, "Your new name is Supper, for that's what you will be in a few hours. My supper."1990, Mary James [pseudonym; Marijane Meaker], chapter 10, in Shoebag (An Apple Paperback), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic, →ISBN, page 72
  2. A strong supporting line of silk produced by a spider.

Questions about draglines

What is draglines the plural of?
Draglines is the plural of dragline.

Words near draglines in the dictionary

  1. draglift
  2. draglifts
  3. dragline
  4. dragline excavator
  5. dragline excavators
  6. draglines
  7. dragling
  8. draglings
  9. draglink
  10. draglinks
  11. dragman

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