Rath
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɑːθ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rath is a noun meaning A Burmese carriage of state.
Meaning
A Burmese carriage of state.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of rathe.
- (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
Example Sentences
There are numerous Danish raths in the parish.
Those with Celtic legendry in their heritage—mainly the Scotch-Irish element of New Hampshire, and their kindred who had settled in Vermont on Governor Wentworth’s colonial grants—linked them vaguely with the malign fairies and “little people” of the bogs and raths, and protected themselves with scraps of incantation handed down through many generations.
Word Forms
- raths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vom, ringfort, cashel, cathair, creach, erenagh.
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