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three-legged mares

three-legged mares is the plural of three-legged mare.

Meaning of three-legged mare

Noun

three-legged mare (plural three-legged mares)

  1. (UK, historical) A type of gallows consisting of a wooden triangle supported by three wooden legs, used for public hangings.
    • The original three-legged mare was the Tyburn tree, which stood near a major road junction in Middlesex (present-day Greater London); another well-known example was the York Tyburn at Knavesmire, Yorkshire.

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Questions about three-legged mares

What is three-legged mares the plural of?
Three-legged mares is the plural of three-legged mare.

Words near three-legged mares in the dictionary

  1. three-in-one
  2. three-in-oneness
  3. three-in-ones
  4. three-legged
  5. three-legged mare
  6. three-legged mares
  7. three-legged race
  8. three-legged races
  9. three-leggeds
  10. three-letter agencies
  11. three-letter agency

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