corrie

From Highland Scottish Gaelic, perhaps from Celtic cor ("a corner").

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹi

corrie (plural corries)

1. A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
   • 1810, Walter Scott, “(please specify the canto number or page)”, in The Lady of the Lake; a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):

     Fleet foot on the corrie.

• cirque

• correi, orrice