towan

noun

towan

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Cornish tewyn.

1

Cornwall A sand dune.

Here the pasture is old; and the grass very short, and perhaps salt. On these towans, distinguished as they are from very ancient times, the Cornish probably were feeding their sheep, before the Roman explored their country.1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall, page 161:

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