English

Proper noun

Strathspey

1. The area encompassing the upper part of the strath of Scotland’s River Spey, from its source in Loch Spey to the strath’s capital, Grantown-on-Spey.

Derived terms

• strathspey

See also

• Speyside

Translations

English

Noun

strathspey ‎(plural strathspeys)

1. A Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel.
2. A piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance.
   • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:

     He muttered an exclamation in Gaelic, strode across the floor, and then, with an air of dogged resolution, as if fixed and prepared to see the scene to an end, sate himself down on the oak table, and whistled a strathspey.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 239:

     Arms are raised, the cheers are deafening, the pipes turn to a strathspey and a whole section of the crowd launches into a mad jig.