arrish

noun

ar·​rish

ˈarish

plural -es

1

dialectal, England : the stubble of wheat or grass

2

dialectal, England : stubble field

Word History

Etymology

alteration of eddish

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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