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royds

royds is the plural of royd.

Meaning of royd

Noun

royd (plural royds)

  1. (Yorkshire, dialectal) A forest clearing.
    • From what has been said it will be obvious that the names of other animals, such as deer, must enter largely into the composition of local names. We may see this in Darlands, sometimes written Dare-lands and Deer Lands, in Ecclesfield, and in the adjacent Doe Royd, a royd being a forest clearing....1889 June 8, “The study of field-names. From Macmillan's Magazine”, in Littell's Living Age, volume 181, number 2345, page 624
    Synonyms:
    riding, thwaite, assart

Questions about royds

What is royds the plural of?
Royds is the plural of royd.

Words near royds in the dictionary

  1. Roycrofters
  2. Roycrofts
  3. royd
  4. Royden
  5. Roydon
  6. royds
  7. Roye
  8. Royes
  9. royetous
  10. ROYGBIV
  11. Roylance

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