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| sheer·legs [ shr lègz ] (plural sheer·legs) or shear·legs [ shr lègz ] (plural shear·legs) |
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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
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| [Mid-19th century. < variant of shear] |
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