flinders
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably of Scandinavian origin: compare Norwegian flindra (“splinter”).
Noun
- fragments, splinters
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
- The heat brought sweat and the sweat blinded. Black flinders gyrated in the fiery air like bats.
Etymology 2
See flinder.
Noun
flinders
Verb
flinders
- third-person singular simple present indicative of flinder