slane
noun
a spade with two sides, one flat and one L-shaped and positioned at a right angle to the flat side, used to cut peat into blocks.
slanes
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pluralof slane.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Where once teams of men cut peat with hand tools or "slanes", donkeys carrying away the turf in baskets on their backs, now giant mechanical claws do the cutting.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2011
