driefat

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A form of dryfat — A dry vat or basket.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

noundriefat (plural driefats)

plural driefats

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of dryfat.

    […] they had entred the fort with our own men, which were then busied in setting Corne, their armes beeing then in driefats & few ready.

    1608, John Smith, A True Relation
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APA

driefat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driefat

MLA

“driefat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driefat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driefat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driefat.

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