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span irons

span irons is the plural of span iron.

Meaning of span iron

Noun

span iron (plural span irons)

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

Questions about span irons

What is span irons the plural of?
Span irons is the plural of span iron.

Words near span irons in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: span irons (page history and authors); span iron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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