scathold

English

Etymology

From scat +‎ hold.

Noun

scathold (plural scatholds)

1. (Shetland, Orkney) An area of open ground for pasture or for furnishing fuel; a scatland.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 262:

     When they want beef or mutton on any festal occasion, they betake themselves to the Shetlanders' scatholds or townmails, and with elf-arrows bring down their game.