sark
/sɑɹk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands.
name
A minor river in Dumfries and Galloway council area and Cumbria, forming part of the border between Scotland and England, which flows into the tidal Esk at Gretna; in full, the River Sark.
noun
A garment worn against the torso, inclusive of shirts, tunics, undershirts, nightshirts, surplices.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "I have often been amused by travellers pointing out, first the Eden, just north of the station, and then the Esk, which young Lochinvar swam, as the Border; the real boundary is, of course, the little river Sark, just south of the Caledonian station at Gretna; […]."
- "Near is the kirtle, but nearer the sark."
- "The next thing the watchers saw was the laird struggling up the far bank and casting his coat from him, so that he rode in his sark."
- "Then lorek's rear claws dug into the links of Iofur's chain-mail sark and ripped downward. The whole front came away, and Iofur lurched sideways to look at the damage, leaving lorek to scramble upright again."
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /sɑɹk/
- British English: /sɑːk/
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Synonyms
shirt
whether worn against the skin or not