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Troutbeck

Troutbeck proper noun: a hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).

Proper noun

Troutbeck

  1. A hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).
    • Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from...1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
  2. A village in Lakes parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, on another Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY4003).
  3. A village in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

Origin of Troutbeck

From trout + beck (“stream”), from Old English truht + Old Norse bekkr.

Questions about Troutbeck

What does Troutbeck mean?
Troutbeck means a hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826).
What part of speech is Troutbeck?
Troutbeck is a proper noun.

Words near Troutbeck in the dictionary

  1. trout-perch
  2. trout-slap
  3. trout-slapped
  4. trout-slapping
  5. trout-slaps
  6. Troutbeck
  7. trouted
  8. trouter
  9. trouters
  10. troutful
  11. troutier

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