In"ter*val (?), In"ter*vale (?), n.

A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

[Local, U. S.]

The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. The Century.

 

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