frith

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Peace; security.
2. noun Sanctuary, asylum.
3. verb To protect; guard.
4. verb To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.
5. noun A forest or wood; woodland generally.
6. noun Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.
7. noun Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.
8. noun A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.

Similar words

chapel gild gilds firth frithguild frithborh frithgild fray fridstoll frist

Often followed by

of and street was cd et in to had

Word family

friths