nightingale floor
/ˌnʌɪtɪŋɡeɪl ˈflɔː/noun
In Japan: a wooden floor, originally constructed in medieval times to warn of intruders, which when walked on emits a chirruping sound likened to a bird call.
Origin
Early 20th century. From nightingale + floor, after Japanese uguisu-bari from uguisu + -bari, combining form of hari, nominalized stem of haru to stretch, lay (floorboards).
- worldfull
- world ground
- World Health Organization
- World Heritage Site
- world-historic
- world-historical
- world history
- worldhood
- worlding
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- worldish
- world king
- sea turtle
- sea urchin
- Seaver, Tom
- sea wall
- seaward
- seawards
- sea wasp
- seawater
- seaway
- seaweed
- seaweed wrap
- sea wolf
- seaworthiness