haugh
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haugh
before 900; Middle English halche, hawgh, Old English healh corner, nook
Example Sentences
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Soon he saw the dark outline of the camp on the haugh below, and in a few minutes arrived at the western port.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
When again there is a depth of soil accumulated upon the haugh, the surface only is protected by the vegetable covering.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by James Hutton
She looked very beautiful as she stepped up on the sloping sward above the haugh, with the pale moonlight just lighting her airy dress, and her face all sad and careworn.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
Alluvial land by a stream was called halgh, haugh, whence sometimes Hawes.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
"Know you aught of this extraordinary being, Carey?" said the youth, as they turned up the haugh loan.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
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