Solway Firth

[ sol-wey ]

/ ˈsɒl weɪ /

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noun

an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.

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How to use Solway Firth in a sentence

Flounder trampers walk barefoot in the waters of Scotland’s Solway Firth and other shallows on a receding tide, when flatfish lay buried on the bottom.
10 ways people hunt and fish without bullets or hooks|Steven Hill/Field & Stream|October 4, 2021|Popular-Science
Carboniferous rocks appear in small faulted tracts, unconformable on the Silurian, on 832 the shores of the Solway Firth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7|Various
When there were storms at sea, vessels would come into Solway Firth for a safe harbor.
Four American Naval Heroes|Mabel Beebe
They went with the intention of taking up their quarters at Kirkcudbright, or some watering-place on the Solway Firth.
Charlotte Bront|T. Wemyss Reid

Esk (esk), a river in Scotland flowing into the Solway Firth.
Elson Grammar School Literature, Book Four.|William H. Elson
Then he was put to work in a big town on the other side of the Solway Firth.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Solway Firth

Solway Firth

/ (ˈsɒlweɪ) /

noun

an inlet of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. Length: about 56 km (35 miles)

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