duela — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
duela is used for these senses in English:
- fluke Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- stave One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.
fluke — full definition
- noun A lucky, accidental success unlikely to happen again.
- noun A parasitic flatworm.
stave — full definition
- noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
- noun A stanza of a poem or song; also the set of five lines music is written on.
- verb To break a hole in something, especially a barrel or boat hull ("stave in").
- verb To keep something away or delay it, especially in the phrase "stave off."