corrien.

Brit.

/ˈkɒri/, U.S.

/ˈkɔri/,

/ˈkɑri/, Scottish English

/ˈkɔrɪ/

Forms: Also currie, correi, corri, corry.

Etymology: < Gaelic coire (pronounced /ˈkɔre/) cauldron, kettle; hence, whirlpool (as in Corrievreckan Brecan's cauldron), and circular hollow.

Scottish.

a. The name given in the Scottish Highlands to a more or less circular hollow on a mountain side, surrounded with steep slopes or precipices except at the lowest part, whence a stream usually flows.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > on or among hills

saddleOE

swirec1050

pocket1745

lap1747

rock basin1754

niche1756

sliddera1793

corrie1795

cove1805

slot1808

bay1853

punchbowl1855

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 104 The Corries or Curries of Balglass. They are semicircular excavations hollowed out in..that ridge of hills.

1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 60 This glen terminates in a circular hollow, or corry.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 241 That little corri, or bottom, on the opposite side of the burn.

1841 Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journeys (1888) 128 The great corries into which the weather has hollowed one side of most of the mountains [in Skye].

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 4 Left silent in the solitude of some Highland corry.

1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 235 The corrie where the deer are lying.

1882 Standard 23 Aug. 2/1 In Blackmount deer corries there will be good sport.

b. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective] > amphitheatre

amphitheatred1857

corrie1894

1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) 254 No corrie-basin dates its origin to this stage.

1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) 254 We have only to contrast the drainage-area of Glen Avon with that of Glen Derry or Glen Beg to see why it is that in the latter only high-level corrie-lakes occur.

1894 J. W. Gregory in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. L. 515 The ‘corrie’ or ‘hanging glaciers’.

1904 Nature 7 Apr. 549/1 The phase of corrie-glaciers, when the glacial detritus was borne for no great distance from the local centres of dispersion.

1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xii. 268 Bergschrunds (the major crevasses which occur near the backs of most corrie glaciers).

1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xii. 273 If a rotation occurs,..an explanation of glacial basins, including corrie basins, is obviously possible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corrie
释义	corrien. Brit. /ˈkɒri/, U.S. /ˈkɔri/, /ˈkɑri/, Scottish English /ˈkɔrɪ/ Forms: Also currie, correi, corri, corry. Etymology: < Gaelic coire (pronounced /ˈkɔre/) cauldron, kettle; hence, whirlpool (as in Corrievreckan Brecan's cauldron), and circular hollow. Scottish. a. The name given in the Scottish Highlands to a more or less circular hollow on a mountain side, surrounded with steep slopes or precipices except at the lowest part, whence a stream usually flows. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > on or among hills saddleOE swirec1050 pocket1745 lap1747 rock basin1754 niche1756 sliddera1793 corrie1795 cove1805 slot1808 bay1853 punchbowl1855 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 104 The Corries or Curries of Balglass. They are semicircular excavations hollowed out in..that ridge of hills. 1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 60 This glen terminates in a circular hollow, or corry. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xvi. 241 That little corri, or bottom, on the opposite side of the burn. View more context for this quotation 1841 Ld. Cockburn Circuit Journeys (1888) 128 The great corries into which the weather has hollowed one side of most of the mountains [in Skye]. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 4 Left silent in the solitude of some Highland corry. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 235 The corrie where the deer are lying. 1882 Standard 23 Aug. 2/1 In Blackmount deer corries there will be good sport. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective] > amphitheatre amphitheatred1857 corrie1894 1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) 254 No corrie-basin dates its origin to this stage. 1894 J. Geikie Great Ice Age (ed. 3) 254 We have only to contrast the drainage-area of Glen Avon with that of Glen Derry or Glen Beg to see why it is that in the latter only high-level corrie-lakes occur. 1894 J. W. Gregory in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. L. 515 The ‘corrie’ or ‘hanging glaciers’. 1904 Nature 7 Apr. 549/1 The phase of corrie-glaciers, when the glacial detritus was borne for no great distance from the local centres of dispersion. 1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xii. 268 Bergschrunds (the major crevasses which occur near the backs of most corrie glaciers). 1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. xii. 273 If a rotation occurs,..an explanation of glacial basins, including corrie basins, is obviously possible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1795
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