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turncaps

turncaps is the plural of turncap.

Meaning of turncap

Noun

turncap (plural turncaps)

  1. A sort of chimney cap which turns round with the wind so as to present its opening to the leeward.
    • a building furnished with cowls, or turncaps, with their vanes so arranged, that, while one shall receive the full force of the wind, the other may allow it to escape freely1846, Morrill Wyman, A Practical Treatise on Ventilation

Questions about turncaps

What is turncaps the plural of?
Turncaps is the plural of turncap.

Words near turncaps in the dictionary

  1. turnbuckles
  2. Turnbull
  3. Turnbull's blue
  4. Turnbulls
  5. turncap
  6. turncaps
  7. Turnchapel
  8. turncloak
  9. turncloaks
  10. turncoat
  11. turncoat witness

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