SHEERLEGS

Meaning of SHEERLEGS in English

n.pl. (treated as sing.) a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the bottom for masting ships, installing engines, etc.

[ sheer, var. of SHEAR n. + LEG ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

SHEERLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1860 shear 1c(2)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHEERLEGS — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun plural but singular or plural in construction : shear 1d(2)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEERLEGS — /shear"legz'/ , n. ( usually used with a pl. v. ) shear (def. 16). [ sheer, sp. var. of SHEAR …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEERLEGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: circa 1860 : shear 1c(2)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHEERLEGS — [sheer.legs] n pl but sing or pl in constr (ca. 1860): shear 1c(2)
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHEERLEGS — n.pl. (treated as sing.) a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHEERLEGS — n.pl. (treated as sing.) a hoisting apparatus made from poles joined at or near the top and separated at the …
Oxford English vocab
SHEERLEGS — Саксы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SHEERLEGS — Pronunciation: ' shir- ˌ legz, - ˌ l ā gz Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHEAR LEGS — shear (def. 16). Also, sheerlegs . [ 1855-60 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEAR — — shearer , n. — shearless , adj. /shear/ , v. , sheared, sheared or shorn, shearing , n. v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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