sheugh
or sheuch
[shookh]Scot. and North England
- a furrow, ditch, or trench.
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- to plow or dig (a furrow, ditch, etc.).
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Origin of sheugh
First recorded in 1495–1505; N dialectal variant of sough2
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Sheugh or Shough; a deep cutting, elsewhere called a ditch, often filled with water.
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