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rulleys

rulleys is the plural of rulley.

Meaning of rulley

Noun

rulley (plural rulleys)

  1. (UK, Yorkshire) A four-wheeled horse- or tractor-drawn wagon, usually with low or non-existent sides, used for farm work, to carry goods and, on occasion, people. Fixed rear axle, turntable front axle.
    • When a trolley was fully loaded it was moved to a narrow platform (called a butting strip) against which rulleys [f]or the various town delivery districts were backed, and the goods were transferred from the trolley to the rulleys.1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85

Questions about rulleys

What is rulleys the plural of?
Rulleys is the plural of rulley.

Words near rulleys in the dictionary

  1. rulingly
  2. rulings
  3. rulley
  4. rulleyman
  5. rulleymen
  6. rulleys
  7. Rulli
  8. rullichies
  9. rullies
  10. rullion
  11. rullions

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