swale
A low tract of moist or marshy landA low tract of moist or marshy land.
Meaning
6 sensesA low tract of moist or marshy land.
Niederung, Flussniederung, Aue
низи́наnizína, топьtopʹ
a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
Drängraben, Flutgraben, Rigole
Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.
Sickergraben, Versickerungsmulde, Versickerungsgraben
A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.
Senke
(UK, dialectal)A gutter in a candle.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
Possibly from Middle English swale (“a shady place, a shadow”), perhaps of North GermanicPossibly from Middle English swale (“a shady place, a shadow”), perhaps of North Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse svalr (“cool, fresh”), Icelandic svalir (“a balcony running along a wall”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source