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gabert

gabert noun: a lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.

Noun

gabert (plural gaberts)

  1. (Scotland) A lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
    • In a block or pully, near the head of the mast of a gabert, now lying at the Broomielaw, there is chaffinch's nest1793, anonymous author, Buckinghamshire Herald

Proper noun capitalized: Gabert

Gabert (plural Gaberts)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of gabert

Noun
pluralgaberts
Proper noun
pluralGaberts

Origin of gabert

Compare French gabare, Breton kobar, gobar.

Borrowed from German Gabert.

Questions about gabert

What does gabert mean?
Gabert means a lighter, or vessel for inland navigation.
What part of speech is gabert?
Gabert can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gabert?
The plural of gabert is gaberts.

Words near gabert in the dictionary

  1. gaberlunyie
  2. gaberlunyies
  3. gaberlunzie
  4. gaberlunzies
  5. Gabers
  6. gabert
  7. gaberts
  8. Gabes
  9. Gabet
  10. gabexate
  11. gabey

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