Cablish

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wind-blown fallen wood. obsolete, uncountable

    "In the Middle Ages there were regular arrangements for the disposal of cablish, wind-fallen wood, not only after exceptional storms like that in 1362."

Example

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"In the Middle Ages there were regular arrangements for the disposal of cablish, wind-fallen wood, not only after exceptional storms like that in 1362."

Etymology

Probably from Anglo-Norman *cablis

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