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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)
- (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.
- Sir Walter Scott
Scots
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old English healh.
Noun
haugh (plural haughs)
- A low-lying meadow in a river valley.