[…] three weeks of winter were employed in butchering, and more than an acre of field surrounding the cheapstead at Housewick was covered with knots of men and women decapitating and flaying their flocks.
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[…] three weeks of winter were employed in butchering, and more than an acre of field surrounding the cheapstead at Housewick was covered with knots of men and women decapitating and flaying their flocks.
Source: wiktionary
Sleet showers continued until we reached the cheapstead of Akureyri (Acre Beach), at the south end of the fjord.
Source: wiktionary
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