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mawles

mawles is the plural of mawle.

Meaning of mawle

Noun

mawle (plural mawles)

  1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
    • A mawle of lead five feet long, and a pike with the same hanging by a girdle with a hook, is recommended by Ralph Smith for the arms of an archer, it has been quoted at length, under the article of the long bow.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52

Questions about mawles

What is mawles the plural of?
Mawles is the plural of mawle.

Words near mawles in the dictionary

  1. mawla
  2. Mawlamyaing
  3. Mawlamyine
  4. mawlas
  5. mawle
  6. mawles
  7. mawlid
  8. mawlids
  9. mawmaw
  10. mawmaws
  11. mawmenny

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