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Definition of Kentledges
1. kentledge [n] - See also: kentledge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kentledges
Literary usage of Kentledges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Commercial Year Book (1899)
"... plate,sheet, rod,and wire 10 Pig and ingot 5 Bar. rod, hoop, and band 10
kentledges 5 T. angle,and other similar manufactures 10 Kails and bolls, nuts, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Auctions: With Forms, Rules for Valuing by Joseph Bateman, Oliver Smith, Patrick Fleming Evans (1882)
"... boatswain's stores, gunner's stores, cooper's stores, armourer's stores,
ship-steward's stores, cook's stores, surgeon's stores, kentledges, boats, &c. ..."
3. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by United States Naval War Records Office (1903)
"the enemy, as well as what was of service to himself (including .six 32- pounders,
a quantity of kentledges, 253 solid shot, 30 shells, sonic spars and ..."
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