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sarns

sarns is the plural of sarn.

Meaning of sarn

Noun

sarn (plural sarns)

  1. (Wales, archaic) A pavement or stepping stone.
  2. (Wales, archaic) A causeway.
    • "Not now," he went on, "but there was a high sarn formerly, and only for that both vehicles and foot passengers would ovten have found it impossible to get into Carmarthen from that direction. The tides and floods there were terrible in those times."1906, H.C. Tierney, “What Does "Pensarn" Mean”, in Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, volumes 1-6, page 23

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Questions about sarns

What is sarns the plural of?
Sarns is the plural of sarn.

Words near sarns in the dictionary

  1. sarnies
  2. Sarno
  3. sarnovide
  4. Sarnowski
  5. Sarnowskis
  6. sarns
  7. sarnt
  8. sarnts
  9. Sarny
  10. Saro
  11. sarod

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