All 8 Uses

ravine
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Riders of the Purple Sage
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The level ground, beyond the spruces, dropped down into a little ravine.†
Chpt 9 *

ravine = deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
He hurried down into the ravine with his canteen.†
Chpt 9
In the afternoon Venters built a gate across a small ravine near camp, and here corralled the calves; and he succeeded in completing his task without Bess being any the wiser.†
Chpt 10
I've got eight calves corralled near a ravine.†
Chpt 10
They left camp to wander along the terraces, into the aspen ravines, under the gleaming walls.†
Chpt 13
Murmuring water drew their steps down into a shallow shaded ravine where a brown brook brawled softly over mossy stones.†
Chpt 13

ravine = deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
A gentle splashing of water came from the ravine.†
Chpt 13
He had jumped his horse over the Gerber Wash, a deep, wide ravine separating the fields of Glaze from the wild sage.†
Chpt 22

Definitions:

(1) (ravine)
a deep, narrow, steep-sided gorge or valley -- especially one formed by running water
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In archaic literature, ravined may be used to mean ravenous.