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overshots

overshots is the plural of overshot.

Meaning of overshot

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

  1. An overshot water wheel.
  2. A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

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Questions about overshots

What is overshots the plural of?
Overshots is the plural of overshot.

Words near overshots in the dictionary

  1. overshorten
  2. overshortened
  3. overshortening
  4. overshortens
  5. overshot
  6. overshots
  7. overshow
  8. overshowed
  9. overshower
  10. overshowered
  11. overshowering

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