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Bruff

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in County Limerick, Ireland.
  2. 2
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”) alt-of, alternative

    "One of the men thinks we are going to have a storm, and points to the "bruff" round the sun. Sure enough , there is a broken ring of angry ominous-looking clouds encircling the sun; his face appears dimmed, and a sultriness prevails."

Etymology

Variant of Brough.

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