INTERVALE

Noun

intervale (plural intervales)

An alluvial terrace or plain.

The Century

Anagrams

• eviternal, vertaline

Source: Wiktionary


In"ter*val, In"ter*vale, n.

Definition: A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.] The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. The Century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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