Haugh
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɔː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Haugh is a noun meaning (Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
Example Sentences
The cattle had […] loved their life in the haughs of Echt, south there across the uncouthy hills was a world cold and unchancy.
The position of the playfield is here identified as lying north of this open space between it and the burn, and occupying the haugh which extended west […]
The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh, or level plain, near to a royal borough, […]
It was sung from the top of the oldest house in the burgh every June at the Common riding, which served both for a perambulation of the bounds of the common pastures or Haughs and to commemorate the young men of Harwick[.]
Word Forms
- haughs
Synonyms for haugh
Depending on context, synonyms include inch.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include har, hove, hoof, hoff, inch, heugh.
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