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Definition of Swale
1. Noun. A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges).
Definition of Swale
1. n. A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
2. v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal,
3. n. A gutter in a candle.
Definition of Swale
1. Noun. A low tract of moist or marshy land. ¹
2. Noun. A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline. ¹
3. Noun. A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch. ¹
4. Noun. A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop. ¹
5. Noun. A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swale
1. a tract of low, marshy ground [n -S]
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