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langridge

langridge is the alternative form of langrage.

Meaning of langrage

Noun

langrage (uncountable)

  1. Scraps of metal used to fire at an enemy in naval warfare.
    • Joshamee Gibbs: Load the guns! Case-shot and langrage! Nails and crushed glass! With a will!2003, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Proper noun capitalized: Langridge

Langridge (countable and uncountable, plural Langridges)

  1. A hamlet in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7469).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of langridge

pluralLangridges

Origin of langridge

From Old English lang (“long”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

Questions about langridge

What does langridge mean?
Langridge means a hamlet in Charlcombe parish, Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7469).
What is langridge the alternative form of?
Langridge is the alternative form of langrage.
What part of speech is langridge?
Langridge is a proper noun.

Words near langridge in the dictionary

  1. Langreo
  2. Langres
  3. langret
  4. langrets
  5. Langrick
  6. langridge
  7. Langridges
  8. Langrish
  9. Langriville
  10. Langru
  11. langs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: langridge (page history and authors); Langridge (page history and authors); langrage (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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