foot-walling (n); foot-wallings

foot-walling n I . . . . drove my head up to I hit the foot-wallin's: no air-space , see ,she's flat-bottomed,see,skipper. (See OED _foot-waling_) (man here is under upturned boat, trying to get to some air trapped in the space at the bottom of the boat) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/24050
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Summary:foot-walling n I . . . . drove my head up to I hit the foot-wallin's: no air-space , see ,she's flat-bottomed,see,skipper. (See OED _foot-waling_) (man here is under upturned boat, trying to get to some air trapped in the space at the bottom of the boat) Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Not used Not used Withdrawn Stamped but not used

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