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rubbing strip

rubbing strip noun: a wooden or hard rubber strip running the part or whole length of a boat's hull to protect it when it locks, moored against other boats, pontoons or jetties.

Noun

rubbing strip (plural rubbing strips)

  1. A wooden or hard rubber strip running the part or whole length of a boat's hull to protect it when it locks, moored against other boats, pontoons or jetties.

Forms of rubbing strip

pluralrubbing strips

Questions about rubbing strip

What does rubbing strip mean?
Rubbing strip means a wooden or hard rubber strip running the part or whole length of a boat's hull to protect it when it locks, moored against other boats, pontoons or jetties.
What part of speech is rubbing strip?
Rubbing strip is a noun.
What is the plural of rubbing strip?
The plural of rubbing strip is rubbing strips.

Words near rubbing strip in the dictionary

  1. rubbing someone up the wrong way
  2. rubbing someone's face in
  3. rubbing someone's nose in
  4. rubbing stone
  5. rubbing stones
  6. rubbing strip
  7. rubbing strips
  8. rubbing the fear of God into
  9. rubbing up
  10. rubbing up against
  11. rubbing up on

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