"The Highwayman" Vocab

A violent downpour of rain

• torrent

• gusty

• moor

• ostler

windy

• galleon

• moor

• gusty

• claret

a large sailing ship

• cascade

• tawny

• moor

• galleon

wide rolling open area, usually covered with low-growing shrubs

• moor

• claret

• cobbles

• rapier

dark red color

• rapier

• claret

• cobbles

• torrent

narrow sword with a handle

• cobbles

• tawny

• torrent

• rapier

rounded stones used to pave roads

• cobbles

• tawny

• ostler

• moor

a worker who takes care of horses at an inn

• casement

• moor

• cascade

• ostler

a window that opens out on side hinges

• cascade

• casement

• ostler

• writhe

waterfall, or something that resembles a waterfall

• tawny

• writhe

• moor

• cascade