Word: tenailles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: te
nailles
Definition: Plural of tenaille. An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
Morphemes:
Affix: tenaille
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tenaculum
Language: la
Decoded: tenaculum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: instrument for gripping
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).