snath

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

snaths plural snythe alternative snathe alternative snaith alternative sneath alternative sneathe alternative sned alternative sneed alternative

词源

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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