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intervale
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interval \In"ter*val\, Intervale \In"ter*vale\, n. A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.]
The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.
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Wiktionary
n. An alluvial terrace or plain.
Wikipedia
Intervale may refer to:
- A valley
- Intervale, New Hampshire, a village in the towns of Bartlett and Conway
- Intervale, Virginia, a village in Allegheny County
- Intervale Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line), a New York City Subway station
- Intervale Factory, a historic factory building in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Intervale is a historic home located at Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built about 1819, and remodeled and enlarged in the 1880s. It is a two-story, five bay brick I-house plan dwelling in the Colonial Revival style. It has an original one-story brick ell. The interior woodwork reflects German folk art design. Also on the property are the contributing log bank barn and a two-level spring house.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Usage examples of "intervale".
There are little intervales along the river, where hay is cut and corn grown, but the region is not much cleared, and the stock browse about in the forest.
It is a delightful forest, the walk winding about on the edge of the hill, and giving charming prospects of intervales, stream, and mountains.
They had come to the crown of the hill, and stood looking over the intervales to the purple mountains.
The lovely Deerfield Valley began to open on either hand, with smooth stretches of the quiet river, and breadths of grassy intervale and tableland.