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scathold

scathold noun: an area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.

Noun

scathold (plural scatholds)

  1. (Orkney, Shetland) An area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.
    • When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262

Forms of scathold

pluralscatholds

Origin of scathold

From scat + hold.

Questions about scathold

What does scathold mean?
Scathold means an area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.
What part of speech is scathold?
Scathold is a noun.
What is the plural of scathold?
The plural of scathold is scatholds.

Words near scathold in the dictionary

  1. scathingly
  2. scathingness
  3. scathless
  4. scathlessly
  5. scathlessness
  6. scathold
  7. scatholds
  8. scathophagid
  9. scathophagids
  10. scaths
  11. scathy

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