Solway Firth

[ sol-wey ]

noun

1. an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.

Solway Firth

/ ˈsɒlweɪ /

noun

1. an inlet of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. Length: about 56 km (35 miles)

Example Sentences

Flounder trampers walk barefoot in the waters of Scotland’s Solway Firth and other shallows on a receding tide, when flatfish lay buried on the bottom.

From Popular-Science

Carboniferous rocks appear in small faulted tracts, unconformable on the Silurian, on 832 the shores of the Solway Firth.

From Project Gutenberg

When there were storms at sea, vessels would come into Solway Firth for a safe harbor.

From Project Gutenberg

They went with the intention of taking up their quarters at Kirkcudbright, or some watering-place on the Solway Firth.

From Project Gutenberg

Esk (esk), a river in Scotland flowing into the Solway Firth.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he was put to work in a big town on the other side of the Solway Firth.

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