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pushknee

pushknee noun: a triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.

Noun

pushknee (plural pushknees)

  1. A triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.
    • The deckhand had to climb the pushknee to get onto the empty barge.

Forms of pushknee

pluralpushknees

Origin of pushknee

From push + knee.

Questions about pushknee

What does pushknee mean?
Pushknee means a triangular steel structure incorporated into or attached to the bow of a pushboat, allowing the boat to face up to a barge which is higher than the deck of the pushboat.
What part of speech is pushknee?
Pushknee is a noun.
What is the plural of pushknee?
The plural of pushknee is pushknees.

Words near pushknee in the dictionary

  1. Pushkinist
  2. Pushkinists
  3. Pushkinologist
  4. Pushkinologists
  5. Pushkinology
  6. pushknee
  7. pushknees
  8. pushlet
  9. pushlets
  10. Pushmataha
  11. Pushmataha County

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