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Slochd

Slochd proper noun: a mountain pass traversed by both road and railway in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8424).

Proper noun

Slochd

  1. A mountain pass traversed by both road and railway in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8424).
    • He then had to jump, and appears to have lost his head, as instead of walking the short distance forward to Slochd to let the signalman know what had happened, he started the 6½-mile walk back to Carrbridge.1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612

Origin of Slochd

From Scottish Gaelic.

Questions about Slochd

What does Slochd mean?
Slochd means a mountain pass traversed by both road and railway in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8424).
What part of speech is Slochd?
Slochd is a proper noun.

Words near Slochd in the dictionary

  1. slobs out
  2. SLOC
  3. SLOcal
  4. Slocan
  5. Slocan City
  6. Slochd
  7. slock
  8. slocked
  9. slocken
  10. slockened
  11. slockening

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