Bassenthwaite

/ ˈbæsənˌθweɪt /

noun

1. a lake in NW England, in Cumbria near Keswick. Length: 6 km (4 miles)

Example Sentences

Northern lights remarkably fine—chiefly a purple-blue—in shooting pyramids, moved from over Bassenthwaite behind Skiddaw.

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At Bassenthwaite a man and his son trained a pair of otters to fish in the lake.

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Oh, that instead of it, I could but send to you the image now before my eyes, over Bassenthwaite.

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Both snow and hail are recorded on the 10th in the register kept for me at Bassenthwaite Halls, at the foot of Skiddaw.

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Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite lake are the only lakes seen, and but one of these from the summit.

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