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selvagees

selvagees is the plural of selvagee.

Meaning of selvagee

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

Questions about selvagees

What is selvagees the plural of?
Selvagees is the plural of selvagee.

Words near selvagees in the dictionary

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

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