carse

[ kahrs, kers ]

nounScot.

bottom land.

Origin of carse

1325–75; Middle English cars,kerss, equivalent to ker marsh (<Old Norse kjarr marshy grove; compare Swedish kärr marsh) + -ss, north variant of -ish¹

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British Dictionary definitions for carse

carse

/ (kɑːs, Scottish kærs) /

noun

Scot a riverside area of flat fertile alluvium

Origin of carse

C14: of uncertain origin; perhaps from a plural form of carr

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