noun
foss
faws
noun
1
A waterfall (used especially in place names and dialect, particularly in northern England).
"The hikers stopped to admire the foss cascading over the rocks."
How to Use Foss
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old or regional word for a waterfall, often surviving today in place names.
Word Forms
fosses plural
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Etymology
From Old Norse fors ("waterfall"), by way of Icelandic or Norwegian.