单词 | telling-house |
释义 | > as lemmastelling-house ΚΠ 1597 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds Public Rec. Office (1906) V. 485 In the Telling howse usuallie appointed for receiptes and paimentes. 1865 Notes & Queries 11 Mar. 210/1 I found on the Ordnance Map [for Devonshire] a place called ‘Telling House’, and the people about spoke of ‘The telling house’. On inquiring the meaning of the term, I found it was the place to which the sheep were brought down from the hill to be counted. 1896 R. D. Blackmore (title) Tales from the telling-house. < as lemmas |
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