birthstead

English

Alternative forms

• birth-stead

Etymology

From Middle English birth-sted, equivalent to birth +‎ stead (“place, location”).

Noun

birthstead (plural birthsteads)

1. (archaic, poetic) The place of one's birth, birthplace.
   • 1985, Patricia Dreier, A Pocketful of Joys, page 32:

     For the sun is truly the birthstead of the whole earth.

Anagrams

• birth dates, birthdates