Flodden

[ flod-n ]

/ ˈflɒd n /

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noun

a hill in NE England, in Northumberland county: the invading Scots were disastrously defeated here by the English, 1513.

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Words nearby Flodden

flockbed, flock dot, flocking, flock paper, flocky, Flodden, floe, floeberg, flog, flogged, flogger

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How to use Flodden in a sentence

The inscription goes on in this way to tell how he fought at Flodden Field when he was seventy, 'nothyng hedyng his age.'
Yorkshire Painted And Described|Gordon Home
The more eminent members are: Archibald, 2nd Earl, killed at the battle of Flodden, 1513.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
I have the appetite but not the power; and, after all, it would hardly make up for Flodden.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845|Various
Bannockburn is always the set-off to Flodden in popular estimation, and without it Flodden would be a sore subject.
Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

The burly sutors who 'firmly stood' at Flodden when other 'pow'rful clans gave way'?
The Heather-Moon|C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for Flodden

Flodden

/ (ˈflɒdən) /

noun

a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killedAlso called: Flodden Field

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