Complete Definition of "halver"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��v�(r)|-��v�(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
  2. pluralonly share|sharing in half|halves

Quotations
sharing

1816:like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's." — Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Vol.2, 1816

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