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

It neither grew in syke nor ditch,   Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise   That birk grew fair eneugh.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

“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

He was a gash and faithfu' tyke As ever lapt a sheugh or dyke.

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various

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

Yon herd o' fat owsen that rout i' the glen, Sax naigies that nibble the lea; The kye i' the sheugh, and the sheep i' the pen, I'se gie a', dear Tibby, to thee.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles