wathsteadn.
dialect.
A ford.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > place where something may be crossed > fordable place > ford
fordc893
wath?c1450
wading-place1598
wathstead1615
ford-way1721
waterway1970
1615 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1884) II. 112 [A presentment of] Rob. Spaunton..for digging of a pitt in a wath-stead, called Crooke-holme Wath, whereby men cannot passe.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Warstead; used in that sense [i.e. a water-ford].
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Wath, Wath-stead, a ford.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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