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pavesade

pavesade noun: a canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Noun

pavesade (plural pavesades)

  1. (historical) A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Forms of pavesade

pluralpavesades

Origin of pavesade

From French pavesade. See pavis.

Questions about pavesade

What does pavesade mean?
Pavesade means a canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in battle, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.
What part of speech is pavesade?
Pavesade is a noun.
What is the plural of pavesade?
The plural of pavesade is pavesades.

Words near pavesade in the dictionary

  1. paver
  2. pavers
  3. paves
  4. paves the road to hell
  5. paves the way
  6. pavesade
  7. pavesades
  8. pavese
  9. paveses
  10. Pavesic
  11. Pavesics

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