Killiecrankie

[kil-ee-krang-kee]

noun

a mountain pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians.

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Examples from the Web for killiecrankie

When the news from Killiecrankie came down, the King was urged at once to send a large army into the Highlands.
Claverhouse|Mowbray Morris
About five miles south of this stronghold, the valley of the Garry contracts itself into the celebrated glen of Killiecrankie.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
There was an old song called Killiecrankie, which, with some alterations, was inserted in Johnson's Museum (p. 302).
English and Scottish Ballads, Volume VII (of 8)|Various
The battle of Killiecrankie was the last stand made by the clans for James, after his abdication.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence.|Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham

Shortly afterwards the news came that he had fallen about the same hour at Killiecrankie.
The Ghost World|T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer

British Dictionary definitions for killiecrankie

Killiecrankie

noun

a pass in central Scotland, in the Grampians: scene of a battle (1689) in which the Jacobites defeated William III's forces but lost their leader, Viscount Dundee

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