|
|
Definition of Strath
1. n. A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.
Definition of Strath
1. Noun. (Scotland) A wide, flat river valley. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strath
1. a wide river valley [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strath
Literary usage of Strath
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"The first division is bounded by Loch Broom and strathmore on the NE side, by
Gleann Мог (a branch of strath More passing to the SW) and the hollow of Loch ..."
2. Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots: And of Strathclyde, Cumberland by Joseph Ritson, Cornelius Tacitus, Cassius Dio Cocceianus (1828)
"... or strath-Clyde,* in the west of modern Scotland, appears to have consisted
of the territory at present included in the shires of Renfrew, Kyle, ..."
3. The History of Normandy and of England by Francis Palgrave (1864)
"strath-Clyde, properly so called, extended from the Upper Forth and Loch Lomond
on the ... Here, in Reged and strath-Clyde, we must locate the fabled Court ..."
4. Circuit Journeys by Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1888)
"(He was executed, solemnly denying his guilt. quoad raptus!) We left Aberdeen
this morning, and breakfasted at Drum, the seat, in strath Dee, ..."
Other Resources:
