Owen Sheers: Poetry Glossary

by Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers: Poetry Glossary

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Written by Lina Christoph

sentinel

a guard

macabre

gruesome, morbid, sickly

burnishing

polishing

ashen

very pale

seam

line, joint, connection

amber

a shade of orange/gold

Tretower, Raglan, Bredwardine

villages and castles in Wales and England

spindrift

a very thin, white fluid in the air, often caused by water clashing against hard objects like rocks

farrier

British word for a blacksmith

knackered

British slang for "very tired"

fetlock

a horse's ankle

jodhpurs

pants for horseback-riding

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