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sheugh

or sheuch

[ shookh ]

/ ʃux /

Scot. and North England

noun

a furrow, ditch, or trench.

verb (used with object)

to plow or dig (a furrow, ditch, etc.).

Words nearby sheugh

shetland islands, shetland pony, shetland sheepdog, shetland wool, sheuch, sheugh, sheva brachoth, shevardnadze, shevat, shevchenko, sheveret

Origin of sheugh

First recorded in 1495–1505; N dialectal variant of sough²

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Examples from the Web for sheugh

Sheugh or Shough; a deep cutting, elsewhere called a ditch, often filled with water.
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

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