Bealach

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mountain pass. Ireland

    "These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are."

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"These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are."

Etymology

From Irish bealach.

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