'Dalles' definitions:
Definition of 'Dalles'
From: GCIDE
- Dalles \Dalles\ (d[a^]lz), n. pl. [F. dalle a tube, gutter, trough.] A rapid, esp. one where the channel is narrowed between rock walls. [Northwestern U. S. & Canada]
- The place below, where the compressed river wound like a silver thread among the flat black rocks, was the far-famed Dalles of the Columbia. --F. H. Balch. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]