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salvagees

salvagees is the plural of salvagee.

Meaning of salvagee

Noun

salvagee (plural salvagees)

  1. One who is salvaged.
    • H. G. Wells, The World Set Free
      We are no creators, we are consequences, we are salvagers — or salvagees.
  2. A free rope on a sailing ship (one that does not have a single dedicated purpose).
    • The salvagee or sub-division system is intended to remove this objection. The gradual and progressive re-action, which forms a distinctive character of this system, generates the strongest adhesion of the twists, or component parts of the rope, . (which at the same time are in spiral directions)...1800, The Commercial Agricultural and Manufacturer's Magazine

Questions about salvagees

What is salvagees the plural of?
Salvagees is the plural of salvagee.

Words near salvagees in the dictionary

  1. salvageability
  2. salvageable
  3. salvageably
  4. salvaged
  5. salvagee
  6. salvagees
  7. salvager
  8. salvagers
  9. salvages
  10. Salvaggio
  11. Salvaggios

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