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midden-pant

midden-pant noun: hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed.

Noun

midden-pant (plural midden-pants)

  1. (Cumbria, Yorkshire, dialectal, obsolete) hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed
    • The midden-pant was the hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed.1883, Thomas Rowland Powell, Archaeologia Cambrensis

Forms of midden-pant

pluralmidden-pants

Origin of midden-pant

From midden (“dung heap”) (itself from Old Norse) + possibly Cumbric pant (“hollow, depression”).

Questions about midden-pant

What does midden-pant mean?
Midden-pant means hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed.
What part of speech is midden-pant?
Midden-pant is a noun.
What is the plural of midden-pant?
The plural of midden-pant is midden-pants.

Words near midden-pant in the dictionary

  1. Midden-Delfland
  2. Midden-Drenthe
  3. Midden-Groningen
  4. midden-hill
  5. midden-hills
  6. midden-pant
  7. Middendorf
  8. Middendorfs
  9. middens
  10. middenstead
  11. middensteads

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