mistal
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of mistal
C17: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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So at last, when I'd fmished my milking i' the mistal, I got him to bed, and then I sat misen down by the fire and had a reet good roar.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
I wouldn' gaw to 'im in t' mistal all amoong t' doong.
From The Three Sisters by May Sinclair
He'd tak a turn round t' croft, an' then he'd set off wi' his budget to t' mistal to milk t' cows.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
A narrow track led to it, through the gaps, slantwise, from the gate of the mistal.
From The Three Sisters by May Sinclair
In the far corner of the bare walls of undressed stone at this side is an open door leading into a mistal.
From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley
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