lerret
English
editNoun
editlerret (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
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editlerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret or lerreter, definite plural lerreta or lerretene)
References
edit- “lerret” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier lereft, probably influenced by Danish lærred, ultimately from Old Norse lérept. Akin to Icelandic léreft.
Noun
editlerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret, definite plural lerreta)
References
edit- “lerret” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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