Hythe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hʌɪð/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hythe is a noun meaning (obsolete) A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.
Meaning
(obsolete) A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.
Example Sentences
That morn to other hythe we made our way / finding the peoples that before we found, / by a broad River, and we gave it name / from the high hol'iday when to port we came.
On the bank of the Silverlode, at some distance up from the meeting of the streams, there was a hythe of white stones and white wood. By it were moored many boats and barges.
Word Forms
- hythes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hithe, havenage, hidle, herborough, haven, harborow.
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