towan

English

Etymology

Cornish [Term?]

Noun

towan (plural towans)

1. (Cornwall) A sand dune.
   • 1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall, page 161:

     Here the pasture is old; and the grass very short, and perhaps salt. On these towans, distinguished as they are from very ancient times, the Cornish probably were feeding their sheep, before the Roman explored their country.