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harness casks

harness casks is the plural of harness cask.

Meaning of harness cask

Noun

harness cask (plural harness casks)

  1. (archaic) A (usually round) barrel lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use.
    • "Why, it's thirty year and more since I saw you last. Here you are in your house, and me still picking my salt meat out of the harness cask."1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Gloria Scott
    Synonyms:
    harness tub

Questions about harness casks

What is harness casks the plural of?
Harness casks is the plural of harness cask.

Words near harness casks in the dictionary

  1. harness bend
  2. harness bends
  3. harness bull
  4. harness bulls
  5. harness cask
  6. harness casks
  7. harness hang syndrome
  8. harness loop
  9. harness loops
  10. harness race
  11. harness races

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