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eyot

/ aɪt /

noun

  1. rare.
    island
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eyot1

variant of ait
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Example Sentences

Crews from Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and the police attended the scene at Sunbury Lock, near Wheatleys Eyot, at about 08:51 BST on Friday.

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Mr Cameron said he and two friends would take one of the Berkshire school's rowing boats to Queen's Eyot island in the middle of The Thames to smoke joints, spending the afternoon "gently off our heads".

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There were three lines of flat stepping-stones across the stream, and between them fords for horses, that went from either brink to a bare eyot in the midst.

And they saw that in the midst of the eyot a mound was piled, ringed with stones, and set about with many spears.

That night they camped on a small eyot close to the western bank.

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