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jears

jears noun: collectively, tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Noun

jears pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Collectively, tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.

Forms of jears

alternative formjeers

Questions about jears

What does jears mean?
Jears means collectively, tackles, for hoisting or lowering the yards of a ship.
What part of speech is jears?
Jears is a noun.

Words near jears in the dictionary

  1. Jeanty
  2. Jeantys
  3. Jeany
  4. Jeapes
  5. jear
  6. jears
  7. jeasley
  8. jeast
  9. jeasts
  10. jeat
  11. jeats

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