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setover

setover noun: a form of canal lockage in which the towboat and one or more barges are separated from the other barges and brought alongside them, as a unit, in the lock chamber.

Noun

setover (plural setovers)

  1. A form of canal lockage in which the towboat and one or more barges are separated from the other barges and brought alongside them, as a unit, in the lock chamber.

Forms of setover

pluralsetovers

Questions about setover

What does setover mean?
Setover means a form of canal lockage in which the towboat and one or more barges are separated from the other barges and brought alongside them, as a unit, in the lock chamber.
What part of speech is setover?
Setover is a noun.
What is the plural of setover?
The plural of setover is setovers.

Words near setover in the dictionary

  1. setosity
  2. Setouchi
  3. setous
  4. setout
  5. setouts
  6. setover
  7. setovers
  8. setpiece
  9. setpieces
  10. setpoint
  11. setpoints

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