Definition of Laistall

Definition of Laistall

Lay"stall` (?), n. 1. A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.[Obs.] B. Jonson.

Smithfield was a laystall of all ordure and filth.

Bacon.

2. A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged. [Obs.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

LAYSTALL. A dunghill about London, on which the soil
brought from necessary houses is emptied; or, in more
technical terms, where the old gold collected at weddings
by the Tom t--d man, is stored.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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