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‖ werf S. African.|wɛrf|
Also werft.
[Older and dial. Du. werf (werft) = NFris. werw, werrew, LG. warf, in the same sense; orig., a raised plot on which a house is built, and identical with the same forms in the sense of ‘wharf’: see wharf n.1]
The Cape-Dutch name for a homestead or the space surrounding a S. African farm.
1818Latrobe Jrnl. S. Afr. 191 We therefore took leave, pitched the tent on the werft, and kindled a fire. 1861Andersson Okavango River xvi. 179 Five minutes' further walk brought us to a werft consisting of between twenty and thirty huts. 1888A. Brigg Sunny Fountains 231 A Dutchman calls his homestead his werf. 1895Times 19 Jan. 5/3 They arrived at the deceased's werf on November 7, possessed themselves of the guns and arms on the werf..and then shot Mr. Christie. |