English Explanatory Dictionary

Countess Wear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9489).

Word forms

Countess Wear

Etymology

From a weir the Countess of Devon had built across the River Exe in the late 13th century, to prevent navigation upriver to Exeter; the weir was later bypassed by a canal. "Wear" or "Weare" is an obsolete variant of "weir".

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