lewth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /luːθ/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English leuþe, from Old English hlēowþ, corresponding to lew + -th (abstract nominal suffix).
Meanings
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(archaic, dialectal, uncountable) Shelter.
‘There wer' a bit o' lewth 'longside stable wall,’ the driver muttered.
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 111: