Machair - English meaning

noun

(in scotland, especially the western isles) low-lying arable or grazing land formed near the coast by the deposition of sand and shell fragments by the wind.

Usage examples:

Machair is the focus of most hebridean crofting agriculture

noun

In northwestern scotland and western ireland, an area of land next to the coast that is formed of sand and pieces of shell and that is covered in grass and wildflowers

Usage examples:

The beaches facing west are sandy, backed by the machair, that wonderful wild grassland of the west…