cablish

English

Etymology

Probably from Anglo-Norman *cablis

Noun

cablish (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Wind-blown fallen wood.
   • 2010, Oliver Rackham, chapter 8, in Woodlands (New Naturalist), London: Collins, page 165:

     In the Middle Ages there were regular arrangements for the disposal of cablish, wind-fallen wood, not only after exceptional storms like that in 1362.

Coordinate terms

• pannage (the mediaeval right access to acorns and beechmast for swine)

Anagrams

• Chablis, chablis