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seedlep

seedlep noun: a basket or other device used for carrying seed while sowing.

Noun

seedlep (plural seedleps)

  1. (obsolete) A basket or other device used for carrying seed while sowing.
    • The seed was cast on the ground from seed-cod or seedlep, the latter word being still used.1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, page 412
    Synonyms:
    seedcod

Synonyms of seedlep

Forms of seedlep

pluralseedleps
alternative formseedlip
alternative formseedlop

Origin of seedlep

From seed + Middle English lep.

Questions about seedlep

What does seedlep mean?
Seedlep means a basket or other device used for carrying seed while sowing.
What part of speech is seedlep?
Seedlep is a noun.
What is the plural of seedlep?
The plural of seedlep is seedleps.

Words near seedlep in the dictionary

  1. seeding plough
  2. seeding ploughs
  3. seedings
  4. Seediq
  5. seedlac
  6. seedlep
  7. seedleps
  8. seedless
  9. seedlessness
  10. seedlet
  11. seedlets

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