birthstead

English

Alternative forms

  • birth-stead

Etymology

From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth +‎ stead (“place, location”).

Noun

birthstead (plural birthsteads)

  1. (archaic, poetic) The place of one's birth, birthplace.
    • 1985, Patricia Dreier, A Pocketful of Joys, page 32:
      For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth.

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