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shillet

shillet noun: a form of shale used in south-west England for road construction.

Noun

shillet (countable and uncountable, plural shillets)

  1. A form of shale used in south-west England for road construction
    • The law of life was also the law of water — everlasting change. It had carved this deserted bed through the centuries, raised it with shillets, and turned away to a newer course.1927, Henry Williamson, Tarka the Otter

Forms of shillet

pluralshillets

Questions about shillet

What does shillet mean?
Shillet means a form of shale used in south-west England for road construction.
What part of speech is shillet?
Shillet is a noun.
What is the plural of shillet?
The plural of shillet is shillets.

Words near shillet in the dictionary

  1. shillelahs
  2. shillelies
  3. shillely
  4. shiller
  5. shillers
  6. shillet
  7. shillets
  8. Shillford
  9. Shillibeer
  10. Shillibeers
  11. shillied and shallied

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