lerret
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English
Noun
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret or lerreter, definite plural lerreta or lerretene)
References
- “lerret” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
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)
References
- “lerret” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.