beal n also beel. Cp OED ~ sb³ 'mouth of a (highland) river or valley' (1818); DINNEEN béal 'mouth.' A pass or opening between hills through which a river flows; the mouth of a river.
   [1910] PRICHARD 200 Just before arriving at Burnt Hill, near the 'beel of the Gander,' in Bob's phrase, we began to pass through forests that had been destroyed by fire. P 160-70 ~ the deep centre current of a river; the mouth of a river.

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