glack

noun

ˈglak

plural -s

Scottish

: a narrow valley : ravine

Word History

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic glac valley, hollow, palm of the hand, from Middle Irish glacc hand; probably akin to Latin galla gall on a plant (excrescence)

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