swallet
English
noun
Definitions
- (British) A sinkhole; a shakehole.
- (UK) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work.
Etymology
Derived from German Schwall (a sea swell).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schwall
Gloss
a sea swell
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- groundswell English
- outswell English
- overswell English
- preswell English
- reswell English
- swell English
- swellability English
- swellable English
- swelldom English
- sweller English
- swellest English
- swelleth English
- swellfish English
- swellhead English
- swellish English
- swellness English
- swellshark English
- swelltoad English
- swelly English
- underswell English
- unswell English
- upswell English
- Redeschwall German
- Schwall German
- schwellen German
- swell Portuguese
- swellen Middle English