Arbroath

/ ɑːˈbrəʊθ /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

Something more than a partiality for the novelist takes me now and then to the scene of the antiquary—Aberbrothock, or Arbroath.

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The nearest town to the lighthouse is that of Aberbrothock, or Arbroath, in Forfarshire, about eleven miles distant.

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As we passed the towns of Montrose and Arbroath during the night, we saw nothing of them.

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It was characteristic of him, when in a pet, to wish he had been born other-where than by the pebbles of Arbroath.

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The well-known paving flags of Arbroath belong to the lower part of the formation.

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