Word of the
Day for Monday 26th May 2014
Adret \ a-DREY \,
noun;
1. A side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
Quotes:
The shady side, or ubac, is usually rocky, steep and densely forested,
whereas the sunny slope, or adret, is gentler and much more fertile.
-- Pier Paolo Viazzo, Upland Communities: Environment, Population and
Social Structure in the Alps Since the Sixteenth Century, 1989
The adret receives the maximum incoming radiation and sunshine,
whereas the ubac may be permanently in the shade.
-- David Waugh, Geography: An Integrated Approach , 2000
Origin:
Adret can be traced to the Old Provençal adreg meaning "good; suitable."
It entered English by way of French in the early 1900’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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