(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).

plural of attitude indicator

The green cloth that was spread on the stage in seventeenth century plays for the actors to die on so they would not dirty their clothes.

A river in North Yorkshire, England, which joins the (Yorkshire) Ouse. / A small village and civil parish in Harrogate borough, North Yorkshire; the parish borders the river (OS grid ref SE3059).