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selvagee

selvagee noun: a skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.

Noun

selvagee (plural selvagees)

  1. (archaic) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
    • As the cable enters the hawse-hole, therefore, something must be constantly used, to keep this travelling chain attached to this travelling messenger; something that may be rapidly wound round both, so as to bind them together. The article used is called a selvagee. And what could be better adapted...1850, Herman Melville, White-Jacket

Forms of selvagee

pluralselvagees

Questions about selvagee

What does selvagee mean?
Selvagee means a skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, used for stoppers, straps, etc.
What part of speech is selvagee?
Selvagee is a noun.
What is the plural of selvagee?
The plural of selvagee is selvagees.

Words near selvagee in the dictionary

  1. selurampanel
  2. SELV
  3. selva
  4. selvage
  5. selvaged
  6. selvagee
  7. selvagees
  8. selvages
  9. Selvaggio
  10. Selvaggios
  11. selvaging

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