Dimbles

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A deep, wooded hollow or small valley, usually found between hills and often shaded by trees
2. A narrow dell sunk among hills, typically overgrown with trees and shrubs along its floor
3. Any secluded, sheltered valley lying low between slopes, often thick with woodland growth

Etymology: "Dimbles" is the plural of "dimble", a noun for a wooded hollow or valley on a hillside. The word is probably a variant of "dimple", and its original sense was a cavity or hollow, the same idea that a dimple carries on a cheek or chin. A dimble, in other words, is a dip in the land that has been given the shape of a small depression, with the woodland that tends to fill such sheltered folds.

Synonyms: dell, dingle, hollow, vale