Hough

/hɒk/ · noun

Meaning

Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”)..

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
2. Alternative form of hock (“tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped”).
3. Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”).
4. Obsolete spelling of hoe.
5. Archaic spelling of hoe.
6. Alternative form of hoe.

Example Sentences

In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees.

Far and wide the farms were burnt over their owners’ heads, the growing crops upon the ground; the horses were houghed, the cattle driven off; while of human death and misery there was no end.

1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, K:LV Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far! Perhaps the happieſt of the Sons of Men! Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car; Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen, Delves in his Garden, or ſecures his Pen.

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Antonyms for hough

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Word Forms

• houghs
• houghing
• houghed

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