Definition of "linn" in English

noun

1. (Scotland, Northern England, Wales) A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.

noun

1. (Scotland, Northern England, Wales) A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.

   • The pool is there — the true linn, in the original acceptance of the word — dark and bottomless.
   • His successful angler landing the linn-lier [fish that inhabits a pool of water].
   • The running of deep water in a linn.