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carse

[ kahrs, kers ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. bottom land.


carse

/ kærs; kɑːs /

noun

  1. a riverside area of flat fertile alluvium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of carse1

1325–75; Middle English cars, kerss, equivalent to ker marsh (< Old Norse kjarr marshy grove; compare Swedish kärr marsh) + -ss, north variant of -ish 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carse1

C14: of uncertain origin; perhaps from a plural form of carr

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