noust

English

Etymology

From the (unattested) Norn reflex of Old Norse naust (“boathouse”). Cognate with Faroese neyst, Norwegian naust, Danish nøst (“boat-shed”).

Noun

noust (plural nousts)

  1. (Scotland, chiefly Orkney, Shetland) A trench or other hollow area, sometimes with walls, where a boat can be hauled up and left ashore. [from 17th c.]
    • 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 230:
      Willie discovered Samuel trying to drag a strange yawl up the noust.

Anagrams

Middle English

Pronoun

noust

  1. alternative form of nought
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