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laystall

noun

Etymology

From lay + stall.

  1. derived from *stel-✻ — “to place, put, post, stand”
  2. inherited from *stallaz✻
  3. inherited from steall
  4. inherited from stall
  5. compounded as laystall — “lay + stall”

Definitions

  1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.

    • the lay-stall Of putrid Aesh
    • Nor was the atmosphere improved by the habit of storing the scavengers' scourings or street slop in giant mounds or laystalls along the north bank of the Thames and on the edge of the town.

  2. A place where milk-giving cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA