Definition of "holm" [holm]

• Chiefly British An island in a river. (noun)

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• "In Portuguese, it was called carrasqueira, in English, holm oak."
• "A big flash flood in 1634 severed the old Nordstrand or the north beach, into Nordstrand and Pellworm Islands, and the islet, in German holm, Nordstrandischmoor."
• "[*] To a duel, usually fought, in mail or without it, on an island -- "holm" -- within a circle of hazel-twigs."