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Meaning of shass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ʃæs

Definitions

A heap of sheaves (straw).

Ireland, obsolete, possibly

Examples

“If there were any sheaves left, they composed a compact shass in the end, and the long ladder, strewn with straw, and resting on stones, or other supports, lay [...] opposite the shass.”
“She was speaking at the time lower than a whisper, so that I had to kneel beside her on the ground—she was lying on a shass ov straw—an' bend my face down to her's to hear her.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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