thwaite

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈθweɪ̯t/    美 /ˈθweɪ̯t/|/ˈθwæɪ̯t/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of forest land cleared for agriculture or habitation; a clearing. archaic
  2. Alternative form of twaite. alt-of,alternative

词形变化

thwaites plural thwaites plural

词源

Inherited from Middle English *thwait, a borrowing from Old Norse þveit (“paddock”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”) (see whittle), Danish døjt (“¹⁄₁₆₀ of the gulden”, dialectal: “a small coin”), German Deut, Dutch duit. Cognate with Old English þwītan (“to thwite; cut; cut off”). Doublet of doit, and possibly of twat.
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