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wallstead

noun

Etymology

From wall + stead. Compare Old English weallsteall.

  1. inherited from *stéh₂tis✻
  2. inherited from *stadiz✻
  3. inherited from stede
  4. inherited from sted
  5. compounded as wallstead — “wall + stead”

Definitions

  1. A site with the remains of a building or buildings, especially one with wall remnants…

    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."
    • The dumb animals refused to leave the wallsteads, and in some cases were with difficulty rescued from the falling timbers.

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