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tirret

tirret noun: a manacle, shackle, or swivel.

Noun

tirret (plural tirrets)

  1. A manacle, shackle, or swivel.
    • Sinister, an unicorn, argent; armed, unguled, mained, tufted, ducally collared, or; on the shoulder, a tirret, or. MOTTO.1813, Barak Longmate (the Younger), The Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland; ..., page 244
    • A bendlet between two tirrets, over all a lion, rampant. […] On the Shield of dripstone^([sic]) of Door, a rose within a wreath; the tirrets are profusely used on the wooden ceiling and in the moulding, both external and internal. The wreath is also met with several times.1885, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, page 209

Forms of tirret

pluraltirrets

Questions about tirret

What does tirret mean?
Tirret means a manacle, shackle, or swivel.
What part of speech is tirret?
Tirret is a noun.
What is the plural of tirret?
The plural of tirret is tirrets.

Words near tirret in the dictionary

  1. Tirpitz
  2. tirralirra
  3. Tirrannaville
  4. Tirrell
  5. Tirrells
  6. tirret
  7. tirrets
  8. Tirril
  9. TIRs
  10. Tirschenreuth
  11. tirtha

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