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town mail

town mail noun: a piece of green pasturage attached to a house.

Noun

town mail (plural town mails)

  1. (Shetland) A piece of green pasturage attached to a house.
    • 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 town mail

pluraltown mails

Questions about town mail

What does town mail mean?
Town mail means a piece of green pasturage attached to a house.
What part of speech is town mail?
Town mail is a noun.
What is the plural of town mail?
The plural of town mail is town mails.

Words near town mail in the dictionary

  1. town halls
  2. Town Head
  3. town house
  4. town houses
  5. Town Line
  6. town mail
  7. town mails
  8. town manager
  9. town managers
  10. town meeting
  11. town planner

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