ferry nab
English regional (north-west. )
noun
A promontory from which a ferry operates.
- Apparently only attested in the place name Ferry Nab, on the eastern shore of Windermere, Cumbria..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Hunt's Yachting Magazine. From ferry + nab.
- feathering
- featherless
- feather-light
- feather one's (own) nest
- feather star
- feather stitch
- feathertail glider
- featherweight
- feathery
- feature
- feature article
- feature-complete
- featured
- feature film
- feature-length
- featureless
- feature phone
- featurette
- feature writer
- Feb.
- febrifugal
- red-crossed
- red curlew
- redcurrant
- red curry