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sparre

sparre is the obsolete form of spar.

Meaning of spar

Noun (1)

spar (plural spars)

  1. A rafter of a roof.
  2. A thick pole or piece of wood.
  3. (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
    • The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  4. Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
  5. A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

Noun (2)

spar (plural spars)

  1. A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

See all 15 meanings of spar

Forms of sparre

pluralsparres

Questions about sparre

What is sparre the obsolete form of?
Sparre is the obsolete form of spar.

Words near sparre in the dictionary

  1. sparoids
  2. SPARQL
  3. sparr
  4. sparra
  5. sparras
  6. sparre
  7. sparred
  8. sparrer
  9. sparrers
  10. sparres
  11. sparriness

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