noun
Meaning 1
A corner; nook.
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wroo
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noun
Meaning 2
An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
From Middle English wro, wra, from Old Norse rá, vrá (“corner, nook”), from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Scots wra, wray (“corner, nook”), Danish and Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”).