Marston Moor


noun
  1. a former moor in NE England, west of York: Cromwell's victory over the Royalists 1644.

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How to use Marston Moor in a sentence

  • Marston Moor, where the adherents of Charles I. were defeated.

  • Marston Moor was however much more than the decisive event in a conflict between two contending parties.

    Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
  • Marston Moor is rightly regarded as the turning-point of the civil war.

    Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
  • And there, after the battle of Marston Moor, waved the banners of the loyalists against the soldiers of Lilburne.

    Eugene Aram, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • On the other hand he helped to lose the battle of Marston Moor by charging without orders.

    The Love Affairs of Lord Byron | Francis Henry Gribble

British Dictionary definitions for Marston Moor

Marston Moor

noun
  1. a flat low-lying area in NE England, west of York: scene of a battle (1644) in which the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists

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