intervale
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of intervale
1640–50; variant of interval; by folk etymology taken as inter- + vale ( def. )
Example Sentences
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His assailant, less than a third of his weight, was a king-bird, whose nest, in the crotch of an elm on the intervale meadow, the crow had been so ill-advised as to investigate.
From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
It is settled for more than thirty miles along its banks, having a mixture of good intervale and high land along its course.
From History of New Brunswick by Peter Fisher
Over intervale and upland Sounds the robin's interlude From his tree-top spire at evening Where no unbeliefs intrude.
From Later Poems by Bliss Carman
Howe's division was next in line, where the Rebel batteries had full sweep of the broad intervale.
From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Charles Carleton Coffin
I see no house anywhere; but a big barn down in the intervale, and a crowd of people getting in their hay.
From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Louisa May Alcott
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