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span block

span block noun: any of the blocks at the topmast and topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards.

Noun

span block (plural span blocks)

  1. Any of the blocks at the topmast and topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards.

Forms of span block

pluralspan blocks

Questions about span block

What does span block mean?
Span block means any of the blocks at the topmast and topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards.
What part of speech is span block?
Span block is a noun.
What is the plural of span block?
The plural of span block is span blocks.

Words near span block in the dictionary

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  6. span block
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