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Haugh

Haugh

(ha̤)
,
Noun.
[See
Haw
a hedge.]
A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
On a
haugh
or level plain, near to a royal borough.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


haugh

haugh

English

Noun

haugh (plural haughs)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      On a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 46:
      The cattle had […] loved their life in the haughs of Echt, south there across the uncouthy hills was a world cold and unchancy.

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɒx/
  • (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /haf/

Etymology

From Old English healh.

Noun

haugh (plural haughs)

  1. A low-lying meadow in a river valley.