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arrowslit

noun

Etymology

From arrow + slit.

  1. inherited from *(s)leyd-✻
  2. inherited from *slītaną✻
  3. inherited from slītan
  4. inherited from slitten
  5. compounded as arrowslit — “arrow + slit”

Definitions

  1. A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.

The neighborhood

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