Broogh
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Broogh is a noun meaning (chiefly Isle of Man) A steep bank or grassy cliff.
Meaning
(chiefly Isle of Man) A steep bank or grassy cliff.
Example Sentences
The new Trust property also includes the interesting small prehistoric stone circle on the nearby brooghs and is also of considerable botanical interest. The cliff top shows a fine example of the hummock heath produced by a combination of […]
The local place-name 'Chapel Gate' — 'the road to the Chapel' — is of some antiquity (J. J. Kneen, Place-Names, I, p. 22) and applies particularly to the steep pathway down the brooghs to the keeill-site and well at the west end of 'Chapel Bay'.
Word Forms
- brooghs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brae, brew, bluff, heugh, scaur, bree.
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