strath

American  

[strath, strahth] / stræθ, strɑθ /

noun

Scot.

1. a wide valley.

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strath British  

/ stræθ /

noun

1. a broad flat river valley

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Etymology

Origin of strath

1530–40; < Irish, Scots Gaelic srath; akin to stratum

Example Sentences

"He lifts his eyes to the hills," and his steps lie through the retired glen, and winding vale, and smiling strath, up to the misty eminence and cairn-topped peak.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

With this crag the wall of rocks terminated; beyond it lay an extensive strath, meadow, or marsh, bounded on the east by a lofty hill. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Again: of trees mingled with dark rocks: "Until, where Teith's young waters roll Betwixt him and a wooded knoll, That graced the sable strath with green, The chapel of St. Bride was seen."

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

In the centre of a remote glen or strath, in the West Highlands of Scotland, stands the old mansion-house of the family of Duntruskin.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

The Isle of Flowers was very lovely now, and the valley— “Oh?” cried Annie, in raptures, as she gazed down the verdant strath.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon