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leefangs

leefangs is the plural of leefang.

Meaning of leefang

Noun

leefang (plural leefangs)

  1. (obsolete) A rope through the clew of a jib, holding it amidships while lacing on the bonnet.
  2. (obsolete) A metal bar, fastened at its extremities to the deck, and upon which the sheets of some fore-and-aft sails traverse, particularly the foresail of a sloop or cutter.

Questions about leefangs

What is leefangs the plural of?
Leefangs is the plural of leefang.

Words near leefangs in the dictionary

  1. Leeds and the Thousand Islands
  2. Leedy
  3. Leedys
  4. leef
  5. leefang
  6. leefangs
  7. Leeford
  8. leeftail
  9. Leegomery
  10. leek
  11. leek moth

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