English Explanatory Dictionary

Fulwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname.
  2. A town in the north of the City of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5332).
  3. An outer suburb in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3085).

Word forms

Fulwood Fulwoods

Etymology

From Middle English Fulewde, from Old English fūl (“dirty, foul”), definite form fūla + wudu (“wood”), 'the dirty wood'. The first element could possibly otherwise come from fugol (“bird, fowl”), thus 'wood where fowling takes place'.

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