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spreaths

spreaths is the plural of spreath.

Meaning of spreath

Noun

spreath (countable and uncountable, plural spreaths)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A raid in order to steal cattle.
    • It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426

Questions about spreaths

What is spreaths the plural of?
Spreaths is the plural of spreath.

Words near spreaths in the dictionary

  1. spreath
  2. spreathe
  3. spreathed
  4. spreathes
  5. spreathing
  6. spreaths
  7. Sprechbund
  8. sprechgesang
  9. Sprechstimme
  10. Spreckels
  11. spreckle

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