lerret

English

Noun

lerret (plural lerrets)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Terrel, terrel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lérept.

Noun

lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret or lerreter, definite plural lerreta or lerretene)

1. (textiles, art) canvas
2. a cinema or movie screen

References

• “lerret” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lereft (superseded, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier lereft, probably influenced by Danish lærred, ultimately from Old Norse lérept. Akin to Icelandic léreft.

Noun

lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret, definite plural lerreta)

1. (textiles, art) canvas
2. a cinema or movie screen

References

• “lerret” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.