eddish

noun /ˈɛdɪʃ/

1. An aftergrowth of grass (or other plants) which grows after it has been mowed; also, a field of such growth.

   countable, uncountable

   The hay was gathered from the fields, and the cattle turned onto the eddish.

Where it comes from

Uncertain; but probably from Middle English eddish (found often in compounds: e.g. eddish-hen (“eddish-hen, quail”)), ultimately from Old English edisc (“an eddish or aftermath; pasture; enclosed pasture, park”), equivalent to ed- + -ish.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry eddish (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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