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lockspits

lockspits is the plural of lockspit.

lockspits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lockspit.

Meaning of lockspit

Noun

lockspit (plural lockspits)

  1. A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
    • The widening of the river referred to in items […] was carried out by first cutting a V-shaped trench or lockspit throughout the length of the widenings on the line of the proposed new river bank […].1937, Transactions of the Institution of Engineers amd Shipbuilders, volume 80, page 8

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Questions about lockspits

What is lockspits the plural of?
Lockspits is the plural of lockspit.

Words near lockspits in the dictionary

  1. locksmiths
  2. locksmithy
  3. lockspit
  4. lockspited
  5. lockspiting
  6. lockspits
  7. locksport
  8. LOCKSS
  9. lockstep
  10. locksteps
  11. lockstitch

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