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froe¹

  • /fɹəʊ/ UK
  • /fɹoʊ/ US

Sounds like 'fro, fro · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of obsolete frower, from froward (“turned away”), referring to the orientation of the blade, at right angles to the handle. From late 16th century.

noun froes · frow

  1. A cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood. Patch shingles on the barn roof: do we have a maul and froe?

    Similar: throe

froe²

  • /fɹəʊ/ UK
  • /fɹoʊ/ US

Sounds like 'fro, fro · Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

See frow.

noun froes · frow

  1. obsolete A dirty woman; a slattern; a frow. 1630, Michael Drayton, Nymphal IV, [from The Muses Elizium], 1793, The Works of the British Poets, Volume 3: Drayton, Carew & Suckling, page 618, Like to thoſe raging frantic froes / For Bacchus' feaſts prepared;

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noun cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from a block of wood

Portuguêsfendeleira
Русскийколу́н kolún

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@misc{froe_2026,
  title = {froe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/froe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}