midden-pant

noun

hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed

OriginCumbric pant →
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Meanings

nounmidden-pant (plural midden-pants)

plural midden-pants

  1. CumbriaYorkshiredialectalobsoletehollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed

    The midden-pant was the hollow into which the drainage of the manure-heap flowed.

    1883, Thomas Rowland Powell, Archaeologia Cambrensis

Origin

  1. Cumbricpant“hollow, depression”
  2. Englishmidden-pant

From midden (“dung heap”) (itself from Old Norse) + possibly Cumbric pant (“hollow, depression”).

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APA

midden-pant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midden-pant

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midden-pant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midden-pant.

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