corrie

• correi

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic coire.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹi

corrie (plural corries)

1. (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
   • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI:

     Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!

   • 1972, Mountain, numbers 20-24, page 22:

     We spanned the dogs high up a corrie to the south of the ridge […]

• cirque

• correi, orrice

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“caldron”); compare Irish coire.^[1]

corrie (plural corries)

1. a hollow between hills; a cirque on a hillside

See coorie.

corrie (third-person singular simple present corries, present participle corriein, simple past and past participle corriet)

1. alternative spelling of coorie (“to stoop; to snuggle”)