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yawlsmen

yawlsmen is the plural of yawlsman.

Meaning of yawlsman

Noun

yawlsman (plural yawlsmen)

  1. One who sails a yawl.
    • When the sun has sunk behind the Yorkshire wolds, its work begins; the lamp is lighted, and the clockowrk wound. Then the watch pacing the steamer's deck, Jack Collier taking his 'trick at the wheel, ' and the bluff yawlsman riding to his nets far out at sea, will see a tiny point of light grow and...1885 August 15, “Round Flamborough Head”, in Chambers's Journal, volume 62, number 85, page 513

Questions about yawlsmen

What is yawlsmen the plural of?
Yawlsmen is the plural of yawlsman.

Words near yawlsmen in the dictionary

  1. yawlers
  2. yawless
  3. yawling
  4. yawls
  5. yawlsman
  6. yawlsmen
  7. Yawm al-Din
  8. yawmeter
  9. yawmeters
  10. yawn
  11. yawn-sigh

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