wroo

English

Alternative forms

• wro, roo
• wray, ray (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English wro, wra, from Old Norse rá, vrá (“corner, nook”), from Proto-Germanic *wranhō (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenk- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Scots wra, wray (“corner, nook”), Danish and Swedish vrå (“corner, nook, recess”).

Noun

wroo (plural wroos)

1. A corner; nook.
2. (UK dialectal) An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.