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turrels

turrels is the plural of turrel.

Meaning of turrel

Noun

turrel (plural turrels)

  1. A tool used primarily by coopers to bore holes.
    • If the foreign body is so firmly fixed as to resist traction, or if it is impossible to seize it, we will find it useful, if its composition will permit, to employ a gimlet or turrel, the instrument being introduced by gliding it along the left index finger.1881, Alfred Poulet, A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice - Volume 1, page 257

Questions about turrels

What is turrels the plural of?
Turrels is the plural of turrel.

Words near turrels in the dictionary

  1. Turrbul
  2. turrel
  3. Turrell
  4. Turrella
  5. Turrells
  6. turrels
  7. Turrentine
  8. Turrentines
  9. turret
  10. turret deck
  11. turret decks

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