pestbos
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of pest (“plague, pestilence”) + bos (“forest”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pestbos n (plural pestbossen, diminutive pestbosje n)
- (Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) A small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from a contagious disease.