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sculls

sculls is the plural of scull.

Meaning of scull

Noun (1)

scull (plural sculls)

  1. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
  2. One of a pair of oars handled by a single rower.
  3. A small rowing boat, for one person.
  4. A light rowing boat used for racing by one, two, or four rowers, each operating two oars (sculls), one in each hand.

Noun (2)

scull (plural sculls)

  1. A skull cap. A small bowl-shaped helmet, without visor or bever.
    • The scull is a head piece, without visor or bever, resembling a bowl or bason, such as was worn by our cavalry, within twenty or thirty years.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11

Noun (3)

scull (plural sculls)

  1. (obsolete) A shoal of fish.
    • Of fish that with their fins and shining scales
      Glide under the green wave , in sculls1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Proper noun capitalized: Sculls

Sculls

  1. (plural) plural of Scull

Phrases with sculls

Questions about sculls

What is sculls the plural of?
Sculls is the plural of scull.
What part of speech is sculls?
Sculls is a proper noun.

Words near sculls in the dictionary

  1. scullionly
  2. scullions
  3. scullionship
  4. scullog
  5. scullogs
  6. sculls
  7. scully
  8. Scullyangst
  9. Scullyfic
  10. Scullys
  11. Scullyslash

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