The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trass \Trass\, n. [D. tras or Gr. trass, probably fr. It. terrazzo terrace. See Terrace.] (Geol.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.]
Note: The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
Wiktionary
n. (obsolete form of trass English)
Wikipedia
Tarras is a small farming settlement in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. Tarras is located on the slopes above the upper reaches of the Clutha Valley, on State Highway 8. It is the first village reached by travellers heading south through the Lindis Pass, and is close to the junction where travellers from Mount Cook turn west towards Hawea, Wanaka, and the Haast Pass.
Most farms in the Tarras district run sheep, principally merino sheep farmed for their super-fine wool. Some also raise other sheep breeds and deer. Since the introduction of large-scale irrigation from 2010, many farms are converting to beef cattle.
Vineyards have been established in the region since 2000, growing mainly pinot noir and riesling grapes. The Tarras vineyards are classified as being in the Bendigo sub-region.
Tarras is one of the driest areas in New Zealand, with annual rainfall of between .
Tarras may refer to:
- Tarras, New Zealand
- Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg (born 1950)
- Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras (1644-1693), nobleman
- Dave Tarras (1897-1989), musician
Usage examples of "tarras".
There were no inquiries about Jim Tarras, so Archie volunteered further news.
But all his life had been spent in the Highlands on this and that deer forest, and as a young stalker he had been picked out by Jim Tarras for his superior hill craft.
John Macnab writes from London to three proprietors, same as Jim Tarras used to do, and proposes to take a deer or a salmon on their property between certain dates.
Jim Tarras had accustomed him to a standard of skill from which this was a woeful declension.
There was a fellow called Tarras used to play this game--he was before your time--and we resolved to take a leaf out of his book.
Selena looked at Tarras and Carien, their eyes focused hungrily on her, their lips slightly parted.
They gripped the firm roundness of her ass, and before she could respond, her dark prince knelt and delved into her dripping box where Tarras had tasted her nectar.
It was a slack time in the pastoral year, before the autumn fairs began, and the whole Laverlaw estate turned out to the ceremony, for Nickson was popular and Tarras was one of the oldest hands on the place.
Few of us had seen a Scots wedding, and, besides, Jean Tarras had been one of the Laverlaw maids, so we all set out on ponies to make an afternoon of it--except Peter John who, according to his custom, preferred to walk.
Old Tarras made a speech of Welcome, and Barbara replied almost in his own accent, for the American South, when it likes, has the same broad vowels as the Border.
Haraldsen followed us mechanically as we crossed the paddock where Tarras grew his potatoes, and the meadow where he cut his bog-hay, and breasted the long slopes which the westering sun had made as yellow as corn.
I was the last person in whose hand it was seen, and that not only the man who always attends in the room but Lord Tarras and Mr.
At length two persons, Spence and Carstares, being put to the torture, gave evidence which involved the earl of Tarras and some others, who, in order to save themselves, were reduced to accuse Baillie.
Then, in the predawn hour, both earls rode west across a desolate moss called Tarras, seeking the protection of Hector Armstrong, who owed Northumberland his life and would be inclined, so the earl hoped, to return the favor.
Georges Tarras went with me to visit the woman painter in Brooklyn Heights who looked so much like Charmian Page.