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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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Origin of intervale

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

Words nearby intervale

intertwist, Intertype, interurban, interureteric fold, interval, intervale, interval estimate, interval estimation, interval of convergence, intervalometer, interval phase

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Example sentences from the Web for intervale

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

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