dells

[delz]

plural noun

1. dalles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dells¹

By construal as a plural of dell

Example Sentences

The hummocks and dells are piles of debris, barricades, craters and trenches.

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The valleys were still, and the glens and dells, but if you listened you could hear the faerie folk lamenting, and a mournful tinkling as many tiny bells began to ring out.

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In fields, dells, and hollows, families terrified by what they read in the papers each day about the collapsing national economy nonetheless now began to think about Chicago.

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It's humps, hollows and greens on plateaus and in dells with its two loops of nines along the water make it a ideal links venue and one worthy of a visit.

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A recent video by their Bavarian chapter shows rolling hills and sprightly young men boxing in woodland dells.

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