kyle

(kaɪl)

(Physical Geography) Scot (esp in place names) a narrow strait or channel: Kyle of Lochalsh.

[C16: from Gaelic caol, from caol narrow]

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kyle

A Scottish word meaning a narrow channel or strait.

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They had descended one sultry evening on the little inn at Kyle Rhea ferry; and while Tom and another of the party put their tackle together and began exploring the stream for a sea-trout for supper, the third strolled into the house to arrange for their entertainment.

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* Peering through the fog, Kyle Hass watched as a giant buck seemed to materialize out of thin air.

10 DOWN 19 UP! IT TAKES A LOT TO GET HARDCORE MULEY CHASER KYLE HASS INTERESTED IN SHOOTING A WHITETAIL BUT THIS NON-TYPICAL DID JUST THAT

Scott Kyle pleaded guilty to driving a car without due care and attention on Morningside Road on September 17.

Driver ordered off

Kyle Navin had been drifting through life without a purpose for far too long.

'My parents are a virus I have towipe out' - the heroin addict who shot his family for money; Kyle Navin had a monstrous plan to stop his family cutting him out of their will

Kyle Kreger finished first in his class at Pinckneyville Community High School.

Pinckneyville Top scholar Kyle Kreger

Kyle Laird, 17, was paid off from a seasonal role last month - days before his beloved mum Tracy died suddenly, aged just 48.

Grieving Kyle needs a job to keep home; Teen has rent and bill worries CAN YOU HELP?

JEREMY Kyle has been spotted at fires in Liverpool - but it's not a lookalike and the TV host hasn't swapped careers.

Just why is Jeremy Kyle turning up at Merseyside fires? TV host swaps heated debates for documentary

Kyle Echarri is blessed with a soothing voice and charm reminiscent of a young Justin Bieber.

Kyle Echarri strikes out on his own

Kyle Morrison, 28, from Middlesbrough, has been appointed as a sales executive at the group's Cargo Fleet Lane dealership in Middlesbrough.