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kenches

kenches is the plural of kench.

Meaning of kench

Noun

kench (plural kenches)

  1. A bin or enclosure in which fish or skins are salted.
    • And while Harvey was taking in knowledge of new things at each pore and hard health with every gulp of the good air, the We're Here went her ways and did her business on the Bank, and the silvery-gray kenches of well-pressed fish mounted higher and higher in the hold.1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC

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Questions about kenches

What is kenches the plural of?
Kenches is the plural of kench.

Words near kenches in the dictionary

  1. kenarehs
  2. kenares
  3. kenas
  4. kenasai
  5. kench
  6. kenches
  7. Kenchester
  8. kencur
  9. Kendal
  10. Kendal green
  11. Kendal greens

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