town mail en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Shetland) A piece of green pasturage attached to a house.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| town mails | Number=Plur | lexicographic |