Shootrough
hamlet · Shropshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Shootrough likely means 'a rough place or clearing'. It is composed of the Old English words 'scōt' meaning 'shooting, projecting' or possibly 'a slope', and 'rōh' meaning 'rough, uncultivated land'.
Word origins
- Shoot
- Old Englishshooting, projecting, slope(from scōt "shooting, projecting, slope")
- rough
- Old Englishrough, uncultivated land(from rōh "rough, uncultivated land")