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lerret

lerret noun: a traditional fishing boat of southwest England.

Noun

lerret (plural lerrets)

  1. A traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
    • But just within the summit of the bank, whither it had apparently been hauled to be out of the way of the waves, was one of the local boats called lerrets, bottom upwards.1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved (part 1, chapter IV)

Forms of lerret

plurallerrets

Questions about lerret

What does lerret mean?
Lerret means a traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
What part of speech is lerret?
Lerret is a noun.
What is the plural of lerret?
The plural of lerret is lerrets.

Words near lerret in the dictionary

  1. LeRoy
  2. lerp
  3. lerped
  4. lerping
  5. lerps
  6. lerret
  7. lerrets
  8. Lerro
  9. Lerros
  10. lersivirine
  11. Lerwick

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