Embarras

American  

[am-braw] / ˈæm brɔ /

Or Embarrass

noun

1. a river in E Illinois, flowing S and SE to the Wabash River. 185 miles (298 km) long.

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Example Sentences

At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river, called the Embarras.

From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John

At four P.M. we left the main branch of the Athabasca, entering a small river called the Embarras.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Kaskaskia, Embarras, and heads of the Little Wabash water it.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

The rest of the party set off afterwards and kept along the river until ten when we branched off by portages into the Embarras River, the usual channel of communication in canoes with the lake.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Embarras runs through it, and the Muddy Fork of the Little Wabash waters its western side.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason