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royd

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

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  • CMU ARPABET: R OY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A forest clearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Yorkshire, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: riding, thwaite, assart

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *rode (“clearing”), from Old English rodu (“clearing”), from Proto-West Germanic *rodu, variant of *rod, from Proto-Germanic *rudą, from *reudaną (“to clear”). Compare German Rodung, from German roden (“to clear”).