lerret

lerret (plural lerrets)

1. A traditional fishing boat of southwest England.
   • 1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved (part 1, chapter IV)

     But just within the summit of the bank, whither it had apparently been hauled to be out of the way of the waves, was one of the local boats called lerrets, bottom upwards.

• Terrel, terrel

From Old Norse lérept.

lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret or lerreter, definite plural lerreta or lerretene)

1. (textiles, art) canvas
2. a cinema or movie screen

• “lerret” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• lereft (superseeded, dialectal)

From earlier lereft, probably influenced by Danish lærred, ultimately from Old Norse lérept. Akin to Icelandic léreft.

lerret n (definite singular lerretet, indefinite plural lerret, definite plural lerreta)

1. (textiles, art) canvas
2. a cinema or movie screen

• “lerret” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.