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Lifting device with spars (9)
S-E-R-E-S

sheer·legs [ shr lègz ] (plural sheer·legs) or shear·legs [ shr lègz ] (plural shear·legs)


noun

Definition:

hoisting apparatus with two legs: a lifting device consisting of two poles tied together at the top and spread apart at the bottom with a pulley suspended from the apex ( takes a singular or plural verb )


[Mid-19th century. < variant of shear]







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Chambers gives sheerlegs - one of the spars of shoes - whatever the spar of a shoe might be.

I'd never heard of it Mark - this site is good for putting in your known letters and checking the options

http://www.onelook.com/

Thankyou both, and I did use this website with my known letters, all it came up with was steerless (no rudder), anyway problem solved, thanks again