drein
English
Noun
drein (plural dreins)
- Obsolete form of drain.
Verb
drein (third-person singular simple present dreins, present participle dreining, simple past and past participle dreined)
- Obsolete form of drain.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for drein in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Idren, Indre, Riden, diner, rined
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʁɛjn/
Noun
drein f pl
- Plural form of draen.
Norman
Etymology
Old French drain, variant of derrain (“last”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
drein m
- (Jersey) last
Derived terms
- dreinement