Swaledale
/ (ˈsweɪlˌdeɪl) /
a breed of small hardy sheep kept esp in northern England for its coarse wool which is used for making tweeds and carpets
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How to use Swaledale in a sentence
It afterwards descends rapidly by the side of a gill, and thus enters Swaledale.
Yorkshire Painted And Described | Gordon HomeThe weather conditions being so severe, it is not surprising to find that no corn at all is grown in Swaledale at the present day.
Yorkshire Painted And Described | Gordon HomeThen they marched out against the Scots, and found them at Myton in Swaledale.
The History of England | T.F. ToutIn fact, the word heronsew (for heron) is still used in Swaledale, Yorkshire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey ChaucerWharfedale, Wensleydale, Swaledale, Teesdale—they are all words with a charm in them.
Motor tours in Yorkshire | Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
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