strid
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Pronunciations
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/stɹɪd/
Noun
A place where a chasm or gorge is narrow enough to be crossed.
Usage- Northern-England
- UK usage
- Dated
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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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strids