lerret

English

Noun

lerret (plural lerrets)

  1. A traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
    • 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


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


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lérept

Noun

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

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

References

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