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hooden

hooden adjective: pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).

Adjective

hooden

  1. Pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).
    • By means of a diver a bad place was found in the after hooden ends, and the vessel was dipped by the head to bring it out of the water.1872, The London and China Telegraph, page 48
    • Show by a sketch how the tenons in the body-post of a screw ship should be placed in relation to the rabbet of the hooden ends. Give the reason for so placing them.1882, Great Britain. Education Department. Department of Science and Art, Examination Papers for Science Schools and Classes, page 21

Particle

hooden

  1. Only used in hooden horse

Origin of hooden

From hood + -en or a reduced form of hood-end(s).

Unclear; see hooden horse, hoodening.

Phrases with hooden

Questions about hooden

What does hooden mean?
Hooden means pertaining to a hood (end of a plank, which fits into the rabbet).
What part of speech is hooden?
Hooden can be an adjective or a particle.

Words near hooden in the dictionary

  1. hooded tinamou
  2. hooded tinamous
  3. hooded violet
  4. hooded violets
  5. hoodedness
  6. hooden
  7. hooden horse
  8. hooden horses
  9. hoodening
  10. hooder
  11. hoodfish

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