conyger
conyger noun: a rabbit warren; an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding and raising rabbits.
Noun
conyger (plural conygers)
- A rabbit warren; an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding and raising rabbits.
- Mr. Stumpe pulled down other portions to make streets to house his workmen, so within a century after, the Tourist, whom I have quoted before, saw "only ruins of that large, spacious, strong, and famous abbey on the north side of the church, to manifest what her beauty was in her flourishing time."...1876, Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott, Benedictine Abbey of S. Aldhelm, Malmesbury, page 35
- Apart from a terse and unsubstantiated assertion in the obsure medium of a journal relating to part of East Anglia (Crompton and Taylor 1971, 119 note 17 -- i.e. obscure from a Derbyshire perspective anyway, and reciprocated in not 12 here), the most appealing interpretation of The Buries seems not...2004, Derbyshire Archaeological Journal - Volumes 124-126, page 248
Forms of conyger
| plural | conygers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | conynger |
| alternative form | conyngry |
| alternative form | cony-gry |
| alternative form | conygry |
Questions about conyger
- What does conyger mean?
- Conyger means a rabbit warren; an enclosed piece of land set aside for breeding and raising rabbits.
- What part of speech is conyger?
- Conyger is a noun.
- What is the plural of conyger?
- The plural of conyger is conygers.
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