strath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of strath
1530–40; < Irish, Scots Gaelic srath; akin to stratum
Example Sentences
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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
There is no need to go into the place and manner of our journeyings, in such a pleasant and well-kenned country as the strath of the Kells.
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)
In the centre of a remote glen or strath, in the West Highlands of Scotland, stands the old mansion-house of the family of Duntruskin.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
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
Down beneath us is a wide strath or glen, rising on the other side with gentle slope far upwards to the horizon, with a bluff, bare, craggy mountain in the distance.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
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