English Explanatory Dictionary

Woolpit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9762).

Word forms

Woolpit

Etymology

From Old English wulf + pytt (“a pit for trapping wolves”), recorded as Wlfpeta in 1086 (DB).

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