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dogvane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dog-vane
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.

noun

A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From dog + vane.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dogvanes (plural)

Questions

What does dogvane mean?
A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, fastened to the end of a short staff and placed on the weather gunwale of a sailing ship to assist the helmsman to judge the direction of the wind.
Where does dogvane come from?
From dog + vane.

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