intervale

[ in-ter-veyl ]

noun

, Chiefly New England.

1. a low-lying tract of land along a river.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intervale¹

1640–50; variant of interval; by folk etymology taken as inter- + vale ( def )

Example Sentences

As far down as Mayence or Mentz (55 miles), the low banks and broad intervale continue, and there is little worthy of notice.

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And in company with three other extremely rich men he arranged, once a year, a Field Day for the town of Intervale.

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All through the spring and early summer months, boys were in training for miles around, getting ready for Intervale's Field Day.

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Howe's division was next in line, where the Rebel batteries had full sweep of the broad intervale.

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The river rolled gently along with plenty of depth, and beyond it was another beach, and then the swelling intervale.

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