cablish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Anglo-Norman *cablis
Noun
[edit]cablish (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Wind-blown fallen wood.
- 2010, Oliver Rackham, chapter 8, in Woodlands (New Naturalist), London: Collins, page 165:
- In the Middle Ages there were regular arrangements for the disposal of cablish, wind-fallen wood, not only after exceptional storms like that in 1362.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- pannage (the mediaeval right access to acorns and beechmast for swine)