haugh
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haugh
before 900; Middle English halche, hawgh, Old English healh corner, nook
Example Sentences
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They were na' buried in Meffen kirk-yard, Amang the rest o' their kin;10 But they were buried by Dornoch haugh, On the bent before the sun.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
The shepherd's slender strain, The country sounds again Awake in wood and plain, On haugh and hill.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
On this haugh the tourist sees the tall standing stone which, since 1735 at least, has been known as “Dundee’s stone.”
From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew
From the haugh rises a steep acclivity, leading to the plateau where the house of Runraurie stood.
From A Short History of Scotland by Lang, Andrew
Neither has a slate been lifted, though about two yards of slating were stripped from the stables in the haugh, which you know were comparatively less exposed.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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