Laystall

noun

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

    "the lay-stall Of putrid Aesh"

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

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From lay + stall.

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