Vocabulary Word
Word: knoll
Definition: little round hill; hillock
Definition: little round hill; hillock
Sentences Containing 'knoll'
How often, at hare and hounds, have I seen him mounted on a little knoll, cheering the whole field on to action, and waving his hat above his grey head, oblivious of King Charles the Martyr's head, and all belonging to it!
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