DCHP-3

spelling-place

Esp. North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a place where one takes a spell (def. 2).

See: spell ((n.)) (def. 2)

Quotations

1872
Our first "spelling-place" to-day was Stony Lake.
1912
We made twelve miles before turning in that night, and reached our last spelling-place of the way over.