/ˈkɑɹs/
OriginFrom Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”).
- ScotlandLow, fertile land; a river valley.
“In the Carse of Gowrie to all the flat land , which is a great proportion of the district , is a deep rich clay”
“[…] and the parish of St. Madois, now in the carse of Gowrie, is said to have been once on the southern side of the river. Such parts of the carse as are called inches, are elevated above the flat gro”
“A carse is a district of country, consisting of deep horizontal depositions of alluvial or diluvial clay, on one or both sides of a considerable river; and may be of great or small extent, but general”
- countableAn area of fertile, low-lying (typically alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth.
Formscarses(plural) · Carses(plural)