kneeler

English

noun
Definitions
  • A person who kneels.
  • A thing that is designed to be kneeled on.
  • An apparatus that permits the loading door of a bus to decrease in height in order to facilitate boarding of passengers that are seniors and physically disadvantaged
  • On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English knelere suffix from English kneel.

Origin

English

kneel

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