Grimshadar, a sea-loch in Lochs parish, E side of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross-shire. It enters 4½ miles S of Stornoway, and penetrates the land 2¼ miles west-by-southward, having a varying width of 3 furlongs and barely 100 yards. Near its northern shore is a triangular fresh-water lake of the same name, which measures 2¼ by 1¼ furlongs.Ord. Sur., sh. 105, 1858.
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