DALLES

Etymology

Proper noun

The Dalles

A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.

Anagrams

• Edsall, ladles

Etymology

Noun

dalles

(pluralonly) The rapids in a deep, narrow stream confined between the rock walls of a canyon or gorge.

(pluralonly) A steep-sided part of a stream channel, near the dalles proper, marked by clefts, ravines, or gorges.

Anagrams

• Edsall, ladles

Source: Wiktionary


Dalles (dalz), n. pl. [F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.]

Definition: A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]

The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia. F. H. Balch.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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