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dalles
Part of speech: NounA rapid, especially one in a rocky gorge.
Usage examples "dalles":- We crossed the Plains all right and got to the Dalles. - "Two Years in Oregon", Wallis Nash.
- Take the evening train from Portland to The Dalles. - "Oregon, Washington and Alaska; Sights and Scenes for the Tourist", E. L. Lomax.
- The Columbia is a mile wide in some places, but it narrows at the Dalles, or shelves and pours over the stone steps the gathered force of its many tides and streams. - "The Log School-House on the Columbia", Hezekiah Butterworth.