Trossachs

[tros-uh ks]

noun

a valley in central Scotland, in Perth county, near Loch Katrine.

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Historical Examples of trossachs

Between this point and Loch Katrine, a mile, are the "Trossachs."
Over the Ocean
Curtis Guild
They were bound on a pleasure-trip for Loch Katrine and the Trossachs.
The Felon's Track
Michael Doheny
A road has been constructed from the Trossachs for nearly six miles along the northern shore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6
Various
Perhaps no district indeed on the world's surface is so well known (even to those who have never seen it), as the Trossachs.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Daniel Turner Holmes
The objection is utterly futile, for there is not a single spire or pinnacle from one end of the Trossachs to the other.
Lectures on Architecture and Painting
John Ruskin

British Dictionary definitions for trossachs

Trossachs

noun the Trossachs (functioning as plural or singular)

a narrow wooded valley in central Scotland, between Loch Achray and Loch Katrine: made famous by Sir Walter Scott's descriptions
(popularly) the area extending northwards from Loch Ard and Aberfoyle to Lochs Katrine, Achray, and Venachar

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