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

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Example Sentences

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strath

The creek that Bob talked about kicking somebody across was a kind of strath or glen not very far from the steading, and lying below it, green and luxuriant at present.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

There is not a district in Skye but has its great man, who forms the subject of conversation round the peat fire when the winter winds are blowing down the strath.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

Again: of trees mingled with dark rocks: "Until, where Teith's young waters roll Betwixt him and a wooded knoll, That graced the sable strath with green, The chapel of St. Bride was seen."

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by John Ruskin

That was as visible to them as to Cabot, and a passage, strath, or way is signified in Spanish by the word Canada.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger

"Grand Gaelic to-day!" is an exclamation sometimes heard at the door of a Highland church in town, and indicates that the minister who has officiated comes from the same strath as the person speaking.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

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