buttercross
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
buttercross (plural buttercrosses)
- A type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from mediaeval times; fresh market produce was laid out and displayed on the circular stepped bases of the cross.
- 2011, Eric Newton, Lands End to John O'Groats with a Bus Pass and a Dog, AuthorHouse, page 68:
- Another interesting structure in the town centre is the Buttercross, with its pitched roof supported on six circular stone columns.
- 2015, Jos Simon, The Rough Guide to Yorkshire, Rough Guides UK, page 134:
- Pontefract's wide, irregular Market Place, thronged every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with market stalls, is dominated by its Buttercross, a sturdy structure consisting of a stone roof supported by stone columns built in 1734 to shelter dairy traders and still today offering protection from the sun and rain.
- 2018, Ann Latham Cudworth, Extending Virtual Worlds, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 225:
- Just north of the village is a buttercross, or town market meeting place.