| 单词 | townhead |
| 释义 | > as lemmastownhead townhead n. Scottish and English regional (northern) the upper end of a town or village; cf. town foot n.Frequently in place names. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun] > parts of town or village town end1192 west end1428 head1458 townhead1536 frontier1894 1536 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 167 Vaitter fra the towne heid of Midlame est throu the common of Selkirk. 1635 in Dumbarton Burgh Rec. (1860) 48 Fra the guttar up to the Townheid. 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland I. 529 About half a mile from the town head, in the year 1774, was found in digging peats, two foot below the surface, a copper vessel, sound and intire. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 62 Some b——h frae the town head has stown't. 1985 A. Owens in J. Kelman et al. Lean Tales 144 She had never been further than the townhead in all her fifteen years of marriage. < as lemmas |
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