noun
tye
noun
1
A trough or tank used for washing crushed ore to separate out valuable minerals.
"The miners rinsed the crushed rock in a tye to sort out the ore."
2
A patch of common land in a village, often a green.
"Sheep grazed freely on the village tye."
How to Use Tye
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA mining term for an ore-washing trough, or an old word for a patch of common village land — both fairly rare, specialised uses.
When to use it
Rare outside mining history or old English place-name contexts.
Word Forms
tyes plural, tyes plural, Tyes plural
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Etymology
From a Middle English word for a chest or box, itself blending an Old English and an Old French term with the same meaning.