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Elberfeld

[el-buh r-felt]
noun
  1. a former city in W Germany, now incorporated into Wuppertal.
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Historical Examples of elberfeld

  • With great hesitation he began at Elberfeld, a town near at hand.

    Deaconesses in Europe

    Jane M. Bancroft

  • They live in Elberfeld in Prussia; she keeps a small sweet-stuff shop there.

    Trilby

    George Du Maurier

  • At Elberfeld a number of people got in, and the carriage was crowded with business men.

  • The industries of Elberfeld are on a scale of great magnitude.

  • In 1852 my beloved wife travelled with me to Elberfeld to see our eldest daughter.