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ˈcorcass
[Corrupt. of Irish corcach marsh, moor.]
The name in Ireland of the salt marshes along the banks of the Shannon and other rivers.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 176 The most fertile of all are the bullock pastures of Limerick, and the banks of the Shannon..called the Corcasses. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 346 The famous pastures, called the corcasses or caucasses, on the banks of the Shannon and Fergus. |