Haugh
//hɔː// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
"The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh, or level plain, near to a royal borough, […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 An English surname.
Example
More examples"The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh, or level plain, near to a royal borough, […]"
Etymology
From Northern English dialectal and Scots haugh, from Northern Middle English *halgh, from Old English healh (“corner, nook”), from Proto-West Germanic *halh. Doublet of hale.
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