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galvayne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gal-vayne
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

verb

To break (a horse) by bending its neck and tying the halter to its tail, so that the horse turns when it attempts to move forward.

Transitive verb

Etymology

(horse training): After the 19th-century English born Australian horse trainer Sydney Frederick Galvayne.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Galvaynes (present, singular) Galvayning (participle, present) Galvayned (participle, past) Galvayned (past)

Phrases

Galvayne's groove

Questions

What does galvayne mean?
A surname.
Where does galvayne come from?
(horse training): After the 19th-century English born Australian horse trainer Sydney Frederick Galvayne.

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