Sedgemoor

[ sej-moor ]

noun

1. a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.

Sedgemoor

/ ˈsɛdʒˌmʊə /

noun

1. a low-lying plain in SW England, in central Somerset: scene of the defeat (1685) of the Duke of Monmouth

Example Sentences

His army marched by a circuitous path, near six miles in length, towards the royal encampment on Sedgemoor.

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But the marsh fog lay so thick on Sedgemoor that no object could be discerned there at the distance of fifty paces.

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These three chiefs of the rebellion had fled together from the field of Sedgemoor, and had reached the coast in safety.

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John Wichehalse made himself justly unpopular by the part he played after Sedgemoor.

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The "Note" on the battle-field of Sedgemoor, induces a "Query" concerning another equally celebrated locality.

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