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light barrels

light barrels is the plural of light barrel.

Meaning of light barrel

Noun

light barrel (plural light barrels)

  1. (historical) An empty powder barrel pierced with holes and filled with shavings soaked in pitch, used to light up a ditch or a breach.

Questions about light barrels

What is light barrels the plural of?
Light barrels is the plural of light barrel.

Words near light barrels in the dictionary

  1. light as a feather, stiff as a board
  2. light at the end of the tunnel
  3. light ball
  4. light balls
  5. light barrel
  6. light barrels
  7. light barrier
  8. light bill
  9. light bills
  10. light blue
  11. light blues

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