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leechlines

leechlines is the plural of leechline.

Meaning of leechline

Noun

leechline (plural leechlines)

  1. A line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by.
    • “Cast off the topsail sheets, clew garnets, leechlines and buntlines!” The order came thinly through the roar of the wind.1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 8

Questions about leechlines

What is leechlines the plural of?
Leechlines is the plural of leechline.

Words near leechlines in the dictionary

  1. leeching
  2. leechings
  3. leechless
  4. leechlike
  5. leechline
  6. leechlines
  7. leechy
  8. leed
  9. Leederman
  10. Leedham
  11. Leedom

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