stour

[ stoor ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Stour

/ staʊə /

Also calledGreat Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland
any of several smaller rivers in England

stour

/ staʊə; stuːr /

Origin of stour¹

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French estour battle < Germanic; akin to storm

Origin of stour¹

C14: from Old French estour armed combat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sturm storm

He landed in the same neighbourhood as before, and advanced 12 miles inland to the river Stour before meeting with the islanders.

I caught a beautiful fish weighing about eight or ten pounds, in the Hampshire Stour.

The artist was never tired of saying that these soft pastoral landscapes in the Stour valley made him a painter.

The spire of Honington is then seen on the left, and Shipston-on-Stour is entered.

But none has more beauty than that which runs southward to Shipston-on-Stour.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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