Definitions for deadmen

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deadmen dead·man

Spelling: [ded-man, -muh n]

IPA: /ˈdɛdˌmæn, -mən/

Deadmen is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in deadmen (addeemn).

Definitions for deadmen

noun

1. Building Trades. a log, concrete block, etc., buried in the ground as an anchor.
2. a crutchlike prop temporarily supporting a pole or mast being erected.
3. Nautical. an object fixed on shore to hold a mooring line temporarily. a rope for hauling the boom of a derrick inboard after discharge of a load of cargo.

adjective

1. Also, dead-man's. Machinery, Automotive. of or relating to a control or switch on a powered machine or vehicle that disengages a blade or clutch, applies the brake, shuts off the engine, etc., when the driver or operator ceases to press a pedal, squeeze a throttle, etc.:

Origin of deadmen

dead + man¹

Examples for deadmen

Fish were plenty every season one side or t'other of deadman's Cape, and there was lots of fur and swiles t' winter.

It came from the vast concave of deadman's Bay, rising and falling against the pebble dyke.

Yes, but the dark Justice League—with Swamp Thing, Etrigan, Constantine, deadman, and others.

deadman's Reach is as perilous for its reefs as for its mussels.

They returned, therefore, to deadman's Alley, threading the bye-streets with the same secrecy as before.

The miners on deadman's Flat were jubilant, not to say uproarious.

"The first land we made it was called the deadman," and they sang to the end very vigourously.

She was hauled out of deadman's Dock into the river on January 13th, 1800, with her full complement of men and stores on board.

The dead are the defence of the living, and we are under the lee of deadman's Berg.

A small wood close by rejoices in the name of "deadman's Acre."