strath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of strath
1530–40; < Irish, Scots Gaelic srath; akin to stratum
Example Sentences
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The creek that Bob talked about kicking somebody across was a kind of strath or glen not very far from the steading, and lying below it, green and luxuriant at present.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon
Traces of agriculture lead us to picture this fine strath as at one time throng with peaceful and busy life.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
And thou, O fondest heart, flying to my mother, tell her that between two mountains and valleys, in an even strath, dwell fifty braves, who draw together courageously to kill a very fat bustard.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
O'er hilly path and open strath We'll wander Scotland thorough; But, though so near, we will not turn Into the dale of Yarrow.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
Having crossed a well wooded strath, we reached a little crystal river, whose margin was trampled down with the spoor of a great variety of heavy game, but especially of buffalo and rhinoceros.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
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