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Any of several brackets or timbers bolted to the hounds of a mast to give additional support to the trestletrees; Also: Faucet having a nozzle bent downward

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Usage examples (38)
  • The salad is red leaf, butter lettuce or bibb, and raddichio.
  • I had roasted chicken with shaved pecorino and pignoli on bibb lettuce.
  • Kitteh luuks liek her shud hav a bibb awn adn bees sittyng inna hi-chayre.
  • While it baked, she made a small salad of bibb lettuce, grated carrots and canned white beans.
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