lames
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
/leɪmz/
Definition of lames
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of lame
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verb
- (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of lame
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of lame
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(plural, plural-normally)Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.
“FAULD of three lames, fluted. TASSETS of five fluted lames attached to the fauld by two pairs of steel hinges (modern), the bottom edges boldly turned under and roped, the edge of the lower lame hollowed and strongly roped.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from French lame (“a thin plate”), from Latin lāmina.
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