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wallstead

wallstead noun: a site with the remains of a building or buildings, especially one with wall remnants still standing.

Noun

wallstead (plural wallsteads)

  1. A site with the remains of a building or buildings, especially one with wall remnants still standing.
    • "You're too 'feared, but my sister Rose willna be 'feared for me, — tell her to meet me to-morrow evening, in the old wallsteads."1876 November, The Dublin University Magazine, page 611, column 1
    • The dumb animals refused to leave the wallsteads, and in some cases were with difficulty rescued from the falling timbers.1877, A.M. Sullivan, New Ireland: Political Sketches and Personal Reminiscences of Thirty Years of Irish Public Life, Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson, page 228

Forms of wallstead

pluralwallsteads

Origin of wallstead

From wall + stead. Compare Old English weallsteall.

Questions about wallstead

What does wallstead mean?
Wallstead means a site with the remains of a building or buildings, especially one with wall remnants still standing.
What part of speech is wallstead?
Wallstead is a noun.
What is the plural of wallstead?
The plural of wallstead is wallsteads.

Words near wallstead in the dictionary

  1. wallsides
  2. wallslam
  3. wallslammed
  4. wallslamming
  5. wallslams
  6. wallstead
  7. wallsteads
  8. wallstone
  9. wallstones
  10. walltop
  11. walltops

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