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carse^¹

/ˈkɑɹs/ Scotland, US

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From Middle English kerrs, cars, of uncertain origin. Perhaps Celtic: the term is "first found in a semi-Gaelic form", Carsach (c. 1143); compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”). Alternatively, perhaps related to carr (“bog, march, swampland”) (perhaps suffixed with a variant of -ish, -sæ); compare Swedish kärr (“fen; bog”).

noun carses

Scotland Low, fertile land; a river valley. In the Carse of Gowrie to all the flat land , which is a great proportion of the district , is a deep rich clay

Carse^²

proper noun

A surname.

noun Carses

countable An area of fertile, low-lying (typically alluvial) land occupying certain Scottish river valleys, such as that of the River Forth.

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@misc{carse_2026,
  title = {carse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}