9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun a region in which explosives mines have been placed
originFrom mine + field. Compare Saterland Frisian Mienenfäield (“minefield”), West Frisian mynfjild (“minefield”), Dutch mijnenveld (“minefield”), German Low German Minenfeld (“minefield”), German Minenfeld (“minefield”), Danish minefelt (“minefield”), Swedish minfält (“minefield”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0