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shillets

shillets is the plural of shillet.

Meaning of shillet

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

Questions about shillets

What is shillets the plural of?
Shillets is the plural of shillet.

Words near shillets in the dictionary

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

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