midden-pant en · NOUN
Etymology
From midden (“dung heap”) (itself from Old Norse) + possibly Cumbric pant (“hollow, depression”).
Meanings
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(Cumbria, Yorkshire, dialectal, obsolete) hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed
The midden-pant was the hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed.
1883, Thomas Rowland Powell, Archaeologia Cambrensis:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| midden-pants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |