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sputcheons

sputcheons is the plural of sputcheon.

Meaning of sputcheon

Noun

sputcheon (plural sputcheons)

  1. (historical) The metal lining of a scabbard's mouth.
    • Schlussblech, […] The sputcheon of the mouth-piece; inner part of the mouth-piece, which retains the lining of metal-scabbards.1848, Geo[rge] F[loyd] Duckett, Technological Military Dictionary, German–English–French, new edition, London: Parker, Furnival, and Parker, […], →OCLC, page 319, column 1

Questions about sputcheons

What is sputcheons the plural of?
Sputcheons is the plural of sputcheon.

Words near sputcheons in the dictionary

  1. sput
  2. sputa
  3. sputation
  4. sputative
  5. sputcheon
  6. sputcheons
  7. sputnik
  8. Sputnik moment
  9. Sputnik moments
  10. Sputnik star
  11. Sputnik stars

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