corrie
See also: Corrie
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Highland Scottish Gaelic, perhaps from Celtic cor ("a corner").
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɒɹi
Noun edit
corrie (plural corries)
- (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
- 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI:
- Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
geographical feature of glaciation
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Scottish Gaelic coire (“caldron”); compare Irish coire.[1]
Noun edit
corrie (plural corries)
Etymology 2 edit
See coorie.
Verb edit
corrie (third-person singular simple present corries, present participle corriein, simple past corriet, past participle corriet)
References edit
- ^ “corrie”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.