snath

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/snæθ/

Definition of snath

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The shaft of a scythe.
    “It felt natural to him, holding a scythe in his hands and working with it again […] but the blade clashed on the stone of the foundation and threw a spray of white sparks and broke off close so that he was left holding but the snath.”

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Etymology

From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe.

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