† laystow Obs.
Also 5 laye-, 5–6 ley-, 6 laistow(e, 7 laistoff (?).
[f. lay v. + stow. Cf. lairstow.]
1. = laystall 1.
| 1452 Will of Vampage (Somerset Ho.), Faciant vnum leystowe pro sepulturibus defunctorum. 1485 Will of Rypon (ibid.), For my leystow in the seid chirch. |
2. = laystall 2.
| 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxvi. 254 This place of Smythfeelde was at y{supt} daye a laye stowe of all order of fylth. 1577 Harrison England ii. xx. (1877) i. 325 The ancient gardens were but dunghils and laistowes. a 1665 J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit x. (1670) 304 The fumes and smells of Laistoffs, Dunghills, and putrified bodies. |