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quickwork

quickwork noun: all of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Noun

quickwork (countable and uncountable, plural quickworks)

  1. (archaic) All of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
  2. (archaic) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
  3. (archaic) The short planks between the portholes.

Forms of quickwork

pluralquickworks

Origin of quickwork

From quick + work.

Questions about quickwork

What does quickwork mean?
Quickwork means all of the submerged section of a vessel's planking.
What part of speech is quickwork?
Quickwork is a noun.
What is the plural of quickwork?
The plural of quickwork is quickworks.

Words near quickwork in the dictionary

  1. quickweeds
  2. quickwitted
  3. quickwittedly
  4. quickwittedness
  5. quickwood
  6. quickwork
  7. quickworks
  8. quicky
  9. quickèhatch
  10. quickèhatches
  11. Quicumque vult

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