Cheapstead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cheapstead is a noun meaning (rare, historical) A marketplace.
Meaning
(rare, historical) A marketplace.
Example Sentences
Sleet showers continued until we reached the cheapstead of Akureyri (Acre Beach), at the south end of the fjord.
[…] three weeks of winter were employed in butchering, and more than an acre of field surrounding the cheapstead at Housewick was covered with knots of men and women decapitating and flaying their flocks.
Word Forms
- cheapsteads
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cheaping, becket, middenstead, stow, staithe, streete.
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