intervale

[ in-ter-veyl ]

/ ˈɪn tərˌveɪl /

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noun Chiefly New England.

a low-lying tract of land along a river.

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Also interval.

Origin of intervale

1640–50; variant of interval; by folk etymology taken as inter- + vale

Words nearby intervale

intertwined, intertwist, Intertype, interurban, interval, intervale, interval estimate, interval estimation, interval of convergence, intervalometer, interval scale

How to use intervale in a sentence

As far down as Mayence or Mentz (55 miles), the low banks and broad intervale continue, and there is little worthy of notice.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
And in company with three other extremely rich men he arranged, once a year, a Field Day for the town of Intervale.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
All through the spring and early summer months, boys were in training for miles around, getting ready for Intervale's Field Day.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Howe's division was next in line, where the Rebel batteries had full sweep of the broad intervale.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.

The river rolled gently along with plenty of depth, and beyond it was another beach, and then the swelling intervale.
Bert Lloyd's Boyhood|J. McDonald Oxley