lerret
English edit
Noun edit
lerret (plural lerrets)
- A traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
- 1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved (part 1, chapter IV)
- But just within the summit of the bank, whither it had apparently been hauled to be out of the way of the waves, was one of the local boats called lerrets, bottom upwards.
- 1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved (part 1, chapter IV)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret or lerreter, definite plural lerreta or lerretene)
References edit
- “lerret” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier lereft, probably influenced by Danish lærred, ultimately from Old Norse lérept. Akin to Icelandic léreft.
Noun edit
lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret, definite plural lerreta)
References edit
- “lerret” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.