Meaning of strid | Babel Free

Definitions

A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.

Northern-England, UK, dated

Examples

“The pair have reached that fearful chasm, How tempting to bestride! For lordly Wharf is there pent in With rocks on either side. This striding-place is called THE STRID, A name which it took of yore: A thousand years hath it borne that name, And shall a thousand more.”

“On through narrow strids and roaring cataracts, where Tom was deafened and blinded for a moment by the rushing waters”

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