intervale

[in-ter-veyl]

noun Chiefly New England.

a low-lying tract of land along a river.

Origin of intervale

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

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Presently across the intervale he caught the faint tinkle of herd-bells.
The Story of Wool
Sara Ware Bassett
It afterwards diminishes, and strips of intervale narrow its bed.
First History of New Brunswick
Peter Fisher
In a region with scarcely any level land or intervale, farmers are at a disadvantage.
On Horseback
Charles Dudley Warner
"Townsend, four miles; Intervale, six miles," read Henry aloud.
The Box-Car Children
Gertrude Chandler Warner
On the left or opposite bank of the stream there was no intervale at all.
The Master of Appleby
Francis Lynde