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carse

US/ˈkɑɹs/

carse noun: low, fertile land; a river valley.

Noun (1)

carse (plural carses)

  1. (Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
    • In the Carse of Gowrie to all the flat land , which is a great proportion of the district , is a deep rich clay1799, James Robertson, General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth
    • […] and the parish of St. Madois, now in the carse of Gowrie, is said to have been once on the southern side of the river. Such parts of the carse as are called inches, are elevated above the flat ground which has been covered with water. The soil of these eminences is[…]1842, The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, page 214

Proper noun capitalized: Carse

Carse

  1. A surname.

Noun (2) capitalized: Carse

Carse (plural Carses)

  1. (countable) An area of fertile, low-lying (typically alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth.

Forms of carse

pluralcarses
pluralCarses

Origin of carse

From Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”).

Questions about carse

What does carse mean?
Carse means low, fertile land; a river valley.
What part of speech is carse?
Carse can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce carse?
Carse is pronounced /ˈkɑɹs/ (US).
What is the plural of carse?
The plural of carse is carses.

Words near carse in the dictionary

  1. Carré de l'Est
  2. cars
  3. carsaf
  4. carsafs
  5. carsalam
  6. carse
  7. carseat
  8. carseats
  9. carses
  10. carsey
  11. carseys

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