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nousts

nousts is the plural of noust.

Meaning of noust

Noun

noust (plural nousts)

  1. (Orkney, Scotland, Shetland) A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore.
    • Willie discovered Samuel trying to drag a strange yawl up the noust.1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 230

Questions about nousts

What is nousts the plural of?
Nousts is the plural of noust.

Words near nousts in the dictionary

  1. nousle
  2. nousled
  3. nousles
  4. nousling
  5. noust
  6. nousts
  7. nout
  8. nouthe
  9. nouthetic
  10. nouts
  11. nouveau

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