sheugh

American  

[shookh] / ʃux /

Or sheuch

noun

1. a furrow, ditch, or trench.

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verb (used with object)

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

Etymology

Origin of sheugh

First recorded in 1495–1505; N dialectal variant of sough ²

Example Sentences

He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke As ever lap a sheugh or dyke.

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam

“He was a gash and faithfu’ tyke As over lap a sheugh or dyke.”

From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon

I incline to think that, like the "birk" in the ghost's garland, "They were not grown on earthly bank, Nor yet on earthly sheugh."

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)

Ye needna yoke the pleugh, Kirkyards will soon be till'd eneugh, Tak ye nae fear: They'll be trench'd wi' mony a sheugh, In twa-three year.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

He was a gash an’ faithful tyke, As ever lap a sheugh or dyke.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert