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lewisson

lewisson noun: a cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones.

Noun

lewisson (plural lewissons)

  1. A cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones.
    • I wanted to go to the cupola, one of the most famous domes in the world, built by Filippo Brunelleschi, a renowned architect who created special lifting devices and lewissons for hoisting heavy objects.2012, Zbylut J. Twardowski, Around the World with Nephrology: An Autobiography, page 342
    Synonyms:
    lewis

Synonyms of lewisson

Forms of lewisson

plurallewissons

Questions about lewisson

What does lewisson mean?
Lewisson means a cramp iron inserted into a cavity in order to lift heavy stones.
What part of speech is lewisson?
Lewisson is a noun.
What is the plural of lewisson?
The plural of lewisson is lewissons.

Words near lewisson in the dictionary

  1. lewisias
  2. lewisite
  3. Lewison
  4. Lewisons
  5. Lewisporte
  6. lewisson
  7. lewissons
  8. Lewiston
  9. lewistonite
  10. Lewistown
  11. Lewisville

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