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span iron

span iron noun: a special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.

Noun

span iron (plural span irons)

  1. A special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.

Forms of span iron

pluralspan irons

Questions about span iron

What does span iron mean?
Span iron means a special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat.
What part of speech is span iron?
Span iron is a noun.
What is the plural of span iron?
The plural of span iron is span irons.

Words near span iron in the dictionary

  1. spamwiches
  2. span
  3. span block
  4. span blocks
  5. span counter
  6. span iron
  7. span irons
  8. span of control
  9. span roof
  10. span roofs
  11. span round

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