pondstead

English

Etymology

From pond +‎ stead.

Noun

pondstead (plural pondsteads)

  1. A pond and its surrounding area.
    • 1834, Eneas Mackenzie, An historical, topographical and descriptive view of the County Palatine of Durham:
      Human bones have been frequently discovered near the pondstead, probably the scite of the domestic chapel and cemetery.
    • 1852, The Farmer's Magazine, page 436:
      Now, though few farmers can have either the one or the other, there are few who cannot clean out old ditches or pondsteads, where the richest alluvial matter is deposited, and which will not only improve the water, but will also afford a valuable supply of the very best kind of manure.
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