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mistal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmɪstəl/
  • /ˈmɪsəl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A cowshed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, UK

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *mystal, from myx (“dung”) + stal (“shed”). For the disappearance of /k/ before /st/, compare the disappearance of /x/ before /st/ in Anglian Old English hēst (“highest”), nēst (“nearest”), and sesta (“sixth”), surviving in Scots neest (“next”).