Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person who kneels.

    All the kneelers sighed with relief when they were told it was over and they could finally stand up.

    a person in a kneeling position

  2. A hassock.

    The parish deacon was always pushing to get new kneelers for the church, probably because he was old and his knees were sensitive.

    Kniebank

  3. 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

  4. On a gable end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.

Translations

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By meaning 1
hassock:

Origin

From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er.

From Middle English knelere, equivalent to kneel + -er.

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Forms

plural: kneelers
Singularkneeler
Pluralkneelers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kneeler — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto