plural of down
third-person singular simple present indicative of down
A surname.
The South Downs.
Let's go for a walk on the Downs.
A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
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On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel […] at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal.