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seters

seters is the plural of seter.

Meaning of seter

Noun (1)

seter (plural seters)

  1. A natural terrace in solid rock, formed by waves, that marks the former position of a shoreline.
    • The lowest important terrace, known as Sherbrooke-street terrace, lies at a height of 36-6 meters in the Leda clay; the next, Waterwork terrace, at a height of 67 meters, is excavated in the lower Silurian limestone, and I am not sure whether it should not be regarded as a seter.1906, Eduard Suess, “The Face of the Earth”, in Das Antlitz der Erde, page 479

Noun (2)

seter (plural seters)

  1. A silk scarf or thin pice of cotton cloth used to consecrate a domestic animal to a deity in Mongolia.
    • Similar to the seter, it is forbidden to touch the tree, or to chop the tree down for firewood, or timber. It is clear that the sacred tree and the seter cow have powers, beyond that of an ordinary cow or tree, which assist in protecting the herding family and their herd of animals from harm.2011, Natasha Fijn, Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia, →ISBN, page 232

Questions about seters

What is seters the plural of?
Seters is the plural of seter.

Words near seters in the dictionary

  1. setee
  2. setees
  3. setenant
  4. setenants
  5. seter
  6. seters
  7. Setet
  8. SETF
  9. setfast
  10. setfasts
  11. setfoil

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