soum

1 of 3

noun

ˈsüm

plural -s

1

Irish & Scottish : the area of pastureland that will maintain one cow or a fixed number of other stock

2

Scottish : the number of cattle or other stock that can be pastured on a determined amount of land

soum

2 of 3

transitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-s

Scottish

: to examine (land held in common) in order to determine the number of cattle or other stock that can be pastured

soum

3 of 3

variant spelling of som sense 2

Word History

Etymology

Noun

probably alteration of sum entry 1

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