HOLMS

(obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.

A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

(chiefly West Yorkshire) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.

Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.