Skerry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskɛɹi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Skerry is a noun meaning A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Meaning
A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Example Sentences
The three men proceeded, with a little difficulty, to scale the skerry, finding Gannets and Guillemots on the upper reaches.
Grim the Halogalander's crew sailed along Borgarfjord beyond the skerries, then cast anchor until the storm died down and the weather brightened up.
The fog disappeared gradually, disclosing the blue line of the coast and the far outlying naked skerries, while before us lay the ocean in its interminable extent, blushing in the morning sun.
The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...].
Word Forms
- skerries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kyle, sgurr, skye, inch, crannog, airigh.
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