carr

noun

1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.

   “The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.”

   “The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs.”

2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)
3. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).
4. Rock.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
2. (countable, uncountable)A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
3. (countable, uncountable)A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.

   “That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.”

4. (countable, uncountable)An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
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