Arbroath

noun

a port and resort in E Scotland, in Angus: scene of the barons of Scotland's declaration of independence to Pope John XXII in 1320. Pop: 22 785 (2001)

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Historical Examples of arbroath

That night our hero was lodged in the common jail of Arbroath.
The Lighthouse
R.M. Ballantyne
Now, as the freight from Aberdeen to Arbroath will be about 7d.
An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House
Robert Stevenson
The wind shifted to the westward to-day, and the Tender got into Arbroath.
An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House
Robert Stevenson
The Arbroath stone will cost, delivered at the work, about 9s.
An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House
Robert Stevenson
The captain and all the crew but himself were from Arbroath, in Scotland.
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall
Robert S. Hawker