flittern

noun — 2 senses

flittern

noun

1

Dialectal, Obsolete The bark obtained from young oak trees.

2

Dialectal, Obsolete A young oak tree.

In August, 1851, 7,600 oak flittern trees and poles were sold by auction1857, William Fordyce, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham:

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