scathold en · NOUN
Etymology
From scat + hold.
Meanings
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(Orkney, Shetland) An area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.
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.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scatholds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |