Meaning of coteau | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
   Canada, US
2. Rare form of coteau.
   form-of, rare
3. The side of a valley.
   Canada, US

Equivalents

Examples

“It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place⟳, he saw⟳ the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.”

“In every direction along the côteaux which skirt this beautiful drive⟳, we find⟳ country-houses, whose situations are judiciously chosen in reference to the views and freedom from atmospheric inconveniences.”

“[…] thence, at fourteen miles from the St. Lawrence it reaches the Kempt Road near the sixteenth mile post⟳, after traversing a series of côteaux of gentle acclivity, excepting that nearest to Paquet’s Brook, which is objectionable on account of its steepness, but could not be avoided; […]”

“The côteaux lay⟳ smiling in the dewy sparkle of the morning sunshine, and all glad and beautiful with the coming spring⟳.”

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