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Furness Dialect Dictionary
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Furness Dialect Dictionary
Coppys
farm enclosures
- coppy - an enclosure. as bull coppy
- clooas - close; an enclosure
- pund - a pound (singular & plural)
- faad - a fold; farm yard
- pun faad - pinfold; pound for strayed cattle
- backsīde - enclosure behind the house or homestead
- hempland - enclosure set apart for growing hemp
- plat - piece of ground specially prepared. 'Peeats i plat' = peats arranged on the ground and not put into stack
- spot - a place, as 'fire spot'
- steead - site; place, as midden s-.
- hand - locality; as a boon h-, nar h-.
- dīke - a quick fence; cop; hedge
- riggin stęans - ridge stones on top of wall