matrass
matrass noun: a bolt for a crossbow.
Noun (1)
matrass (plural matrasses)
Noun (2)
matrass (plural matrasses)
- A type of bolthead flask used in chemical distillation.
- So the learn’d Alchemist exulting sees / Rise in his bright matrass Diana’s trees […].1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 206
Forms of matrass
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Origin of matrass
From Anglo-Norman matraz (“shaft, dart”), Middle French materas, from an unattested post-classical variant of Latin mataris, materis (“Gaulish throwing-spear”), from a Gaulish language.
From New Latin matracium and its source, Middle French matheras, matraz etc., either from Middle French materas (see Etymology 1, above), with reference to its shape, or from Arabic مطرة, مطارة (“leather bottle, vase”).
Questions about matrass
- What does matrass mean?
- Matrass means a bolt for a crossbow.
- What part of speech is matrass?
- Matrass is a noun.
- What is the plural of matrass?
- The plural of matrass is matrasses.
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