strath

American  

[strath, strahth] / stræθ, strɑθ /

noun

Scot.

1. a wide valley.

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strath British  

/ stræθ /

noun

1. a broad flat river valley

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Etymology

Origin of strath

1530–40; < Irish, Scots Gaelic srath; akin to stratum

Example Sentences

Through vale, o'er hill, by forge and mill, Past upland village, coastward town, Up Scottish strath, o'er Irish rath, Across Welsh hill and English down.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Then the strath opened out and we saw Ken flow silver-clear between the greenest and floweriest banks in the world.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Most intense is the silence; for all the streams are dumb, and the great river lies like a dead serpent in the strath.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

O'er hilly path and open strath We'll wander Scotland thorough; But, though so near, we will not turn Into the dale of Yarrow.

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

The place of meeting was a green hill-side, near the opening of a deep, long withdrawing strath, with a river running through the midst.

From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by Davidson, John