English Explanatory Dictionary

Fosbury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).
  2. A surname.

Word forms

Fosbury

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Forstebury, from Old English *Forstabyriġ, dative of *Forstaburh, from forst (frost) + burh (“fort”).

Derived words

Fosbury flop
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