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FARDEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fardel mean?
• FARDEL (noun)
The noun FARDEL has 1 sense:
1. a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
Familiarity information: FARDEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fardel" is a kind of...):
burden; encumbrance; incumbrance; load; onus (an onerous or difficult concern)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Context examples
As he spoke, a dozen men rushed forward, each screening himself behind a huge fardel of brushwood.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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