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territ

territ is the alternative form of terret.

Meaning of terret

Noun

terret (plural terrets)

  1. One of the rings on the top of the harness saddle, through which the reins pass.
    • She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off; […][1877], Anna Sewell, “A Strike for Liberty”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 106

Forms of territ

pluralterrits

Questions about territ

What is territ the alternative form of?
Territ is the alternative form of terret.

Words near territ in the dictionary

  1. Terrion
  2. Terrios
  3. Terriquez
  4. Terriquezes
  5. Terris
  6. territ
  7. territelarian
  8. Territet
  9. Territo
  10. Territoire de Belfort
  11. territorial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: territ (page history and authors); terret (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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