sewel
English
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
sewel (plural sewels)
- A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sewel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Cahuilla
Noun
séwel