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jackstaves

jackstaves is the plural of jackstaff.

Meaning of jackstaff

Noun

jackstaff (plural jackstaffs or jackstaves)

  1. A short spar, at the bows of a ship, that serves as a flagpole to fly a flag (a jack).

Questions about jackstaves

What is jackstaves the plural of?
Jackstaves is the plural of jackstaff.

Words near jackstaves in the dictionary

  1. jackspeak
  2. jackstaff
  3. jackstaffs
  4. jackstand
  5. jackstands
  6. jackstaves
  7. jackstay
  8. jackstay search
  9. jackstay searches
  10. jackstays
  11. Jackster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jackstaves (page history and authors); jackstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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