Definition of WEASAND

weasand

Plural: weasands

Noun

  • The gullet or windpipe, especially of an animal.
  • The oesophagus; the gullet.
  • The throat or windpipe.

Examples

  • He choked on the letters ’A’, ’S’, ’N’, thinking he had a bingo, then saw WEASAND.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wesand, wesande, wesaunt, from Old English *wǣsend, wāsend (“weasand, windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-West Germanic *waisund, *waisundu (“windpipe, gullet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow, run”). Cognate with Old Frisian wāsande (“weasand”), Old Saxon wāsendi, Old High German weisant (“windpipe”), Middle High German weisant (“windpipe”), Bavarian Waisel, Wasel, Wasling (“the gullet of ruminating animals”), Alemannic German Weisel (“esophagus (of an animal)”).

Scrabble Score: 11

weasand: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
weasand: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weasand: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

weasand: valid Words With Friends Word