Wiktionary
sheerlegs
n. (alternative spelling of shear legs English)
Usage examples of "sheerlegs".
Stampfer headed a crew of ten men, off-loading the broadside guns using sheerlegs and a ramp.
He steered the hull carefully down river and docked us under the rusting sheerlegs in the marine yard.
Portsmouth where she went alongside the sheerlegs to have her two masts put in.
They were using light block and tackle mounted on sheerlegs of tubular alloy to lift some of the heavy stone flags.
Father Brian found Aylwin overseeing the settlement of the heavy framework as it was carefully lowered by means of a pair of sheerlegs with ropes and tackles.