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laylines

laylines is the plural of layline.

Meaning of layline

Noun

layline (plural laylines)

  1. In sailboat racing, an imaginary line extending from the objective (typically a racing mark) to indicate the point at which a boat should tack or jibe in order to clear the mark on the correct side.

Questions about laylines

What is laylines the plural of?
Laylines is the plural of layline.

Words near laylines in the dictionary

  1. layland
  2. Laylands
  3. Laylatul Qadr
  4. layless
  5. layline
  6. laylines
  7. laylock
  8. laylocks
  9. layman
  10. laymanism
  11. laymanistic

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