English Explanatory Dictionary

playstow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A place for play; playground; park.

Word forms

playstow playstows pleystow plestor

Etymology

From Middle English *pleystow, from Old English pleġstōw, pleġestōw (“playground, gymnasium, amphitheater, a place for a play, wrestling-place”). By surface analysis, play + stow (“place”).

Related words

Plaistow
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