miltvuurbos
Dutch
editEtymology
editCompound of miltvuur (“anthrax”) + bos (“forest”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmiltvuurbos n (plural miltvuurbossen, diminutive miltvuurbosje n)
- (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