miltvuurbos

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of miltvuur (“anthrax”) +‎ bos (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlt.fyːrˌbɔs/
• Hyphenation: milt‧vuur‧bos

Noun

miltvuurbos n (plural miltvuurbossen, diminutive miltvuurbosje n)

1. (Netherlands, chiefly diminutive) A small, densely grown tract of forest in a pasture, where livestock were buried after dying from anthrax, or sometimes from an other contagious disease.

Hypernyms

• pestbos