carse
[ kahrs, kers ]
nounScot.
bottom land.
Origin of carse
11325–75; Middle English cars,kerss, equivalent to ker marsh (<Old Norse kjarr marshy grove; compare Swedish kärr marsh) + -ss, north variant of -ish1
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British Dictionary definitions for carse
carse
/ (kɑːs, Scottish kærs) /
noun
Scot a riverside area of flat fertile alluvium
Origin of carse
1C14: of uncertain origin; perhaps from a plural form of carr
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