miltvuurbos
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of miltvuur (“anthrax”) + bos (“forest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪlt.fyːrˌbɔs/
- Hyphenation: milt‧vuur‧bos
Noun
miltvuurbos n (plural miltvuurbossen, diminutive miltvuurbosje n)
- (Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) A small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from anthrax, or sometimes an other contagious disease.
Hypernyms
- pestbos