Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the spars forming sheers.
- noun 2. plural Same as
sheers .
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Examples
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When they reached the beach they saw that the men had already lifted out the three sheer-leg poles and laid them on the sand, and now a gang of men were hauling upon a rope attached to something still in the sand.
Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Harry Collingwood 1886
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