Flodden

[ flod-n ]

noun

1. a hill in NE England, in Northumberland county: the invading Scots were disastrously defeated here by the English, 1513.

Flodden

/ ˈflɒdən /

noun

1. a hill in Northumberland where invading Scots were defeated by the English in 1513 and James IV of Scotland was killed Also calledFlodden Field

Example Sentences

The sign commemorating One Day is proposed for the bottom of the stairs and on the opposite side to the 16th Century Flodden Wall - which once marked the perimeter of Edinburgh.

From BBC

“Sir Walter Scott wrote in his 1808 poem Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field: ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave — when first we practice to deceive.’

From Washington Times

After 6 a.m. on Aug. 15, Mark Edward Johnson, 54, got into a fight with his wife at a home in the 4300 block of Flodden Court in Woodbridge, police said.

From Washington Post

Officers responded about 6:10 a.m. to a report of a domestic dispute involving weapons at a home in the 4300 block of Flodden Court in Woodbridge, Prince William police said.

From Washington Post

There was no visible line between Scotland and England, although Flodden and Bannockburn had been fought about it.

From Literature