At home, however, all will look bright and bustling as we children are set to shell peas or poppies, and the damp twigs crackle in the stove, and our mother comes to look fondly at our work, and our old nurse, Iliana, tells us stories of bygone days, or terrible legends concerning wizards and dead men.
Glacial valley. Glacial valley, also called glacial trough, stream valley that has been glaciated, usually to a typical catenary, or U-shaped, cross section. U-shaped valleys occur in many parts of the world and are characteristic features of mountain glaciation. These glacial troughs may be several thousand feet deep and tens of miles long.
trough. 1. a long, narrow, open receptacle, usu. boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals. 2. any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes. 3. a channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building. 4. any long depression or hollow. 5. a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench. 6. an elongated area of relatively low barometric pressure.