Type
Hill, Woodland
Area of origin
England
Area of use
S England (obsolete as a nound but common as a place-name element)
Related terms
- A grove or copse especially on a hill or rise.
- A bank or eminence especially one composed of sandy material
- In heraldry a small group of trees generally mounted on a base
Etymology
Old English hyrst. Related to German dialect horst ‘heap, cluster, thicket, top of rock, sandbank’ and Middle Low German horst ‘hill, wooded or bushy eminence, small wood’.
Example locations
- Sissinghurst
Kent
Entry contributors:
Peter Bradford