This probably comes from Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), and from Old English bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook, stream”). In dialect around Sussex and Kent, beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Beach
The word "Beach" can be found in the 1530's. It meant "loose, water-worn pebbles of the seashore" and extended around 1590 to "loose, pebbly shores".
This probably comes from Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), and from Old English bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook, stream”). In dialect around Sussex and Kent, beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves.
This probably comes from Middle English bache, bæcche (“bank, sandbank”), and from Old English bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook, stream”). In dialect around Sussex and Kent, beach still has the meaning "pebbles worn by the waves.
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