hithe

== English == === Alternative forms === hythe. === Etymology === From Old English hȳþ. See also Lambeth, Chelsea, Queenhithe (a ward in the City of London), Hythe (a coastal town in Kent). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌɪð/ === Noun === hithe (plural hithes) (obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port. 1839 [1828], Thomas Allen, Thomas Wright (updates for 1839 edition), The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent, Volume 3, page 724, After this, the bailiffs of the said Hithe complained, that, since the said recognition, fourteen foreign ships, laden with fish, arrived at Billingsgate, which ships should have arrived at the said Hithe. == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhihə/ (Galway) IPA(key): (Aran) /ˈhiːhə/, /ˈhiː.ə/, /hiə/, (Cois Fharraige) /hiː/ === Noun === hithe h-prothesized form of ithe === References === == Old Irish == === Noun === hithe f alternative spelling of ithe