Scathold
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland. Orkney, Shetland
"When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game."
Example
More examples"When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game."
Etymology
From scat + hold.
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