Fitments: Fixed item of furniture.
Voluble: Talkative.
Paddock: A small field or enclosure where horses are kept.
Nosebags: A strong canvas or leather bag containing grain, fastened over a horse’s muzzle for feeding.
Wayfarers: A person who travels on foot.
Henceforth: From this time on.
Housekeeper: A person who manages the running of a household, often including cooking, cleaning, and other tasks.
Hedgehog: A small mammal with a spiny coat and short legs, able to roll into a ball for self-defense.
Parrot: A brightly colored tropical bird with a raucous voice. Many can mimic human speech.
Untidy: Arranged neatly and in order.
Sixpence: An old British coin, last minted in the 1970s.
Bureau: A chest of drawers.
Wind: The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.
Willows: A tree or shrub of temperate climates that typically has narrow leaves, bears catkins, and grows near water.
Cellarage: Cellars collectively.
Bijou: Small and elegant (residence).
Sculls: A pair of small oars used by a single rower.
Backwater: 1) An isolated or peaceful place, 2) A part of a river not reached by the current.
Punting: Travel in a punt (flat-bottomed ferryboat).
Weir: A low dam built across a river to raise the level of water upstream or regulate its flow.
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