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fife-rail

fife-rail noun: the rail round the mainmast for belaying pins.

Noun

fife-rail (plural fife-rails)

  1. The rail round the mainmast for belaying pins.

Forms of fife-rail

pluralfife-rails

Questions about fife-rail

What does fife-rail mean?
Fife-rail means the rail round the mainmast for belaying pins.
What part of speech is fife-rail?
Fife-rail is a noun.
What is the plural of fife-rail?
The plural of fife-rail is fife-rails.

Words near fife-rail in the dictionary

  1. fife
  2. Fife Lake
  3. fife major
  4. fife majors
  5. Fife Ness
  6. fife-rail
  7. fife-rails
  8. fifed
  9. fifer
  10. fifers
  11. fifes

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