swale
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Possibly, from Middle English, "shade", perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse svalr
Pronunciation [edit]
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- Rhymes: -eɪl
Noun [edit]
swale (plural swales)
- A low tract of moist or marshy land.
- A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
- A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
- A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
- A shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope). Its purpose being to allow water time to percolate into the soil.
- (UK, dialect) A gutter in a candle.
Translations [edit]
long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach
shallow troughlike depression created to carry water
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shallow depression sloping downward from a meadow
