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Breed's Hill

[ breedz ]

noun

  1. a hill adjoining Bunker Hill, where the Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought.


Breed's Hill

/ briːdz /

noun

  1. a hill in E Massachusetts, adjoining Bunker Hill: the true site of the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

He was especially active in the weeks before the battles of Concord and Lexington, when he gave General Gage information about the Patriots’ preparations for revolution, including plans to build fortifications on Breed’s Hill.

Whether Gen. William Howe’s boots were soaked with blood as he walked over the dead and wounded bodies on his way up Breed’s Hill?

Most of the battle took place at nearby Breed's Hill.

A single plaque mentions Breed’s Hill.

The 1775 battle, a rallying point for American colonists trying to overthrow British rule, mostly was fought a musket shot away on nearby Breed’s Hill.

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