Cherwell

/ (ˈtʃɑːwəl) /

noun

1st Viscount title of Frederick Alexander Lindemann (ˈlɪndəmən). 1886–1957, British physicist, born in Germany, noted for his research on heat capacity, aeronautics, and atomic physics. He was scientific adviser to Winston Churchill during World War II

Example sentences from the Web for cherwell

He heretically calls the Isis 'a mere moat,' the Cherwell 'a ditch.'

The Life of Sir Richard Burton |Thomas Wright
The walk under the well-known elms by the Cherwell is still connected with his name.

Addison |William John Courthope
Driven from the quiet cloister and the old grove of oaks on the bank of the Cherwell, he sought haunts of a very different kind.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
Down near its mouth, where it widens towards the Cherwell, are the barges of the different boat clubs or universities.

Over the Ocean |Curtis Guild

Essex immediately threw his men across the Cherwell, and quartered them that night at Bletchington.

Oxford and its Story |Cecil Headlam

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

Cherwell

noun

Example sentences from the Web for cherwell