English Explanatory Dictionary

Nithsdale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hood that can be drawn over the face.
name
  1. The valley of the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

Word forms

Nithsdale Nithsdales

Etymology

From the Jacobite Earl of Nithsdale who escaped from the Tower in women's clothes brought in by his wife, in 1716.

Synonyms

Strathnith Stranith Strani
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