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murdress

murdress noun: a battlement with interstices for firing through. Also the archaic form of murderess.

Noun

murdress (plural murdresses)

  1. A battlement with interstices for firing through.

Also used as

murdress is also the archaic form of murderess.

Forms of murdress

pluralmurdresses

Origin of murdress

From murder + -ess.

Questions about murdress

What does murdress mean?
Murdress means a battlement with interstices for firing through.
What part of speech is murdress?
Murdress is a noun.
What is the plural of murdress?
The plural of murdress is murdresses.

Words near murdress in the dictionary

  1. Murdo
  2. Murdoch
  3. Murdochian
  4. murdochite
  5. Murdock
  6. murdress
  7. murdresses
  8. murdrum
  9. Murdunna
  10. mure
  11. mured

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