In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock
(noun) a small natural hill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hummock (plural hummocks)
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
(Scotland) A fistful.
Source: Wiktionary
Hum"mock, n. Etym: [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.