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Definition of Carse
1. n. Low, fertile land; a river valley.
Definition of Carse
1. low, fertile land along a river [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carse
Literary usage of Carse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1882)
"lying along the right bank of the river Forth, from carse of Falkirk, the part
of the carse of Forth, • shire. It is all very nearly a dead level, ..."
2. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"It is said also that in sinking wells in the carse-land, ' deer's horns, skulls,
and other bones' have frequently been found, long with the remains of the ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1850)
"Memoranda regarding an Ancient Iron Boat-Hook, found in the carse of Gowrie.
By R. CHAMBERS, FRSE and VPSASc. Communicated by the Author. ..."
4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1850)
"That the carse of Gowrie has once been under water, no geologist can doubt ; but
it is a different question,—has it been so submerged since the time when ..."
5. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1896)
"ADDED IN 1793 WRITTEN IN FRIARS carse HERMITAGE THIS is the second version of a
piece originally inscribed on a window-pane of Friars carse Hermitage in ..."
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