carse

American  

[kahrs, kers] / kɑrs, kɛrs /

noun

Scot.

1. bottom land.

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carse British  

/ kærs, kɑːs /

noun

1. a riverside area of flat fertile alluvium

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Etymology

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 -ish ¹

Example Sentences

Above, the banks were too high and steep to be passed; while below, where ran the Bannock through the carse, the swamps prevented passage.

From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

But he had scarcely passed the minister’s carse, when he met with Mrs. Glibbans returning. 

From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John

Let them look out on yon carse, where they saw me refuse that crown, offered by themselves, which my accuser alleges I would yet obtain by their blood.

From The Scottish Chiefs by Porter, Jane

Lord Clifford was therefore despatched with 800 picked men-at-arms to cross the Bannock beyond the left wing of the Scottish army, to make their way across the carse, and so to reach Stirling.

From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

One reason is, that the carse of Stirling has been upheaved some twenty feet, and thereby more or less drained, since the time of the Romans. 

From Prose Idylls, New and Old by Kingsley, Charles