Word: underlugs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
lugs
Definition: Plural of underlug. One of the locking lugs on a break-action firearm that extend from the bottom of the barrels under the chamber(s) and connect into the receiver bottom.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: lug
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A lugsail; a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.