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strath

noun
/stɹæθ/US/stræh/

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish srath and Scottish Gaelic srath (“wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”), both from Old Irish srath (“grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”), from Proto-Celtic *stratos (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *str̥h₃tós (“spread; stretched”, adjective), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread, stretch out”). The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate; compare Welsh ystrad. Doublet of stratus.

  1. derived from *str̥h₃tós✻ — “spread; stretched”
  2. derived from *stratos✻ — “valley”
  3. derived from srath — “grass, sward; river valley; floor of river valley; river meadow”
  4. borrowed from srath — “wide, flat river valley, strath; floor of river valley; river meadow”
  5. borrowed from srath

Definitions

  1. A wide, flat river valley.

    • [T]hoſe fair Straths that vvater’d are / VVith Tay and Tvveed’s ſmooth Streams, / VVhich gentily and daintily / Eat dovvn the flovvry Braes; / As greatly and quietly / They vvimple to the Seas.
    • [T]he other stream, which had its source among the mountains on the left hand of the strath, seemed to issue from a very narrow and dark opening betwixt two large rocks.

  2. A piece of flat land beside a body of water.

    • [T]he place is pretty pleasant, close by Forth waterside, att the foot of Craigmor, betwixt which and the watar there is a strath very proper for walking: […]

  3. University of Strathclyde, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating…

    University of Strathclyde, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA