intervale

[ in-ter-veyl ]

nounChiefly New England.
  1. a low-lying tract of land along a river.

Origin of intervale

1
1640–50; variant of interval; by folk etymology taken as inter- + vale

Words Nearby intervale

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How to use intervale in a sentence

  • As far down as Mayence or Mentz (55 miles), the low banks and broad intervale continue, and there is little worthy of notice.

    Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
  • And in company with three other extremely rich men he arranged, once a year, a Field Day for the town of intervale.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • All through the spring and early summer months, boys were in training for miles around, getting ready for intervale's Field Day.

    The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • Howe's division was next in line, where the Rebel batteries had full sweep of the broad intervale.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • The river rolled gently along with plenty of depth, and beyond it was another beach, and then the swelling intervale.

    Bert Lloyd's Boyhood | J. McDonald Oxley