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Synonyms for swale

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sweyl
Phonetic Transcription : sweɪl

Top 10 synonyms for swale
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Définition of swale

Origin :
  • "low, hollow place, often boggy," 1580s, special use of Scottish swaill "low, hollow place," or dialectal East Anglian swale "shady place" (mid-15c.); both probably from Old Norse svalr "cool," from Proto-Germanic *swalaz.
  • As in swamp : noun wet land covered with vegetation
  • As in valley : noun hollow in the land
  • As in marshland : noun swamp
  • As in muskeg : noun swamp
  • As in quag : noun swamp
  • As in slough : noun swamp
  • As in swampland : noun swamp
Example sentences :
  • No breath of air stirred the foliage or the bending rushes in the swale.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • "Oh, it's just that swale to the right of the driveway," said Rufus.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • "He may be in the swale," muttered the watcher as he stood with his eye to the loop-hole.
  • Extract from : « A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen » by Hamlin Garland
  • There are areas of swale, or wet bottom-lands, which may be drained to advantage.
  • Extract from : « A Report on Washington Territory » by William Henry Ruffner
  • Myton is on the Swale, near its junction with the Ure, and so a little east of Boroughbridge.
  • Extract from : « The Bruce » by John Barbour
  • Helen urged her horse after them and they broke across a corner of the swale to the woods.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Forest » by Zane Grey
  • The campoodies are near the watercourses, but never in the swale of the stream.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Little Rain » by Mary Austin
  • Usually straw, meadow hay, or swale hay is used for bedding.
  • Extract from : « Ducks and Geese » by Harry M. Lamon
  • A group of men were gathered in the swale between the shack and Shanty Town.
  • Extract from : « The Plow-Woman » by Eleanor Gates
  • To Dallas, laying the blue-stem of the swale, the hours of the morning went slowly.
  • Extract from : « The Plow-Woman » by Eleanor Gates
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