noust

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Definition of noust

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Orkney, Scotland, Shetland)A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore.
    “Willie discovered Samuel trying to drag a strange yawl up the noust.”

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Etymology

From the (unattested) Norn reflex of Old Norse naust (“boathouse”). Cognate with Faroese neyst, Norwegian naust, Danish nøst (“boat-shed”).

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