Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Inclosed by fences; fenced in so as to form small fields.
  • Like pews in a church: said of the going in hunting, where leaps (as over fences) are frequent, as if over the back of one pew after another with little room for take-offs.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pewy.

Examples

  • Hell, I think Junie B. Jones is bad for kids (I think it's patronizing and stewy-pewy cutsie-wootsie besides) but I'm not going to stand in anyone's way of reading it.

    Yikes Roger Sutton 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.