linn

American  

[lin] / lɪn /

Or lin

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.

2. a pool of water, especially at the foot of a waterfall.

3. a steep ravine or precipice.

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linn British  

/ lɪn /

noun

1. a waterfall or a pool at the foot of it

2. a ravine or precipice

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Etymology

Origin of linn

before 1000; conflation of Old English hlynn torrent (not recorded in ME), and Scots Gaelic linne, cognate with Irish linn, Welsh llyn

Example Sentences

She also runs the Washington-based Roberta Flack Enterprises, which includes a publishing linn, a talent agency and a production company.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her bosom is a holy shrine, Unstain'd by mortal sin, An' spotless as the snaw-white foam, On the breast o' the siller linn.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

I have seen the red and green     Of fir and rowan tree, And heard the din of flooded linn,     With bleating on the lea.

From Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Cf. mían leisan laoch lúaiter linn | cluiche ó nách biad duine tinn a game by which no one is hurt, Bruss.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

Down to Ealan Eagal I went for a plunge in the linn in the old style, and the airs of Shira Glen hung about me like friends and lovers, so well acquaint and jovial.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil