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    cleuch
    /kluːx/

    noun

    • 1. a steep valley or ravine. Scottish

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  3. www.oed.com › dictionary › cleuch_ncleuch | cleugh noun - Oxford English Dictionary

    What does the noun cleuch mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun cleuch. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Scottish English. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cleuchCleuch Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of CLEUCH is clough. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

  5. www.definitions.net › definition › CleuchWhat does Cleuch mean? - Definitions.net

    Information and translations of Cleuch in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Login . The STANDS4 Network. ABBREVIATIONS; ANAGRAMS;

  6. dsl.ac.uk › entry › dostDictionaries of the Scots Language:: DOST :: cleuch

    A gorge or ravine with steep rocky sides, usually the course of a stream.Early examples in place-names are Edwardes-cloch, -clouch ( c 1190), Meldrescloes-heued ( c 1240), Ernesclucht ( c 1350), Westircluch-heuyd ( c 1370), Gilmyiscluche (1456), Corsclewch (1456), Eggerstone cluch (1494). 1375 Barb. xvi. 386. In a clewch on ther ta hand All his ...

  7. stooryduster.co.uk › scottish-word › cleughCleugh. | Scottish Words Illustrated - Stooryduster

    cleugh, cleuch: a gorge, ravine. This place is known as the gorge of the scaly dog-swallowers. Old folk’s tales but…. Perhaps on consideration, we should not have brought your terriers. ˈklu (j)x. The Scottish Word: cleuch with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and ...

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › cleuchcleuch - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Feb 3, 2022 · cleuch (plural cleuchs) ( Scotland) Alternative form of clough (“a ravine or gorge”) Categories: English 1-syllable words. English terms with IPA pronunciation. Rhymes:English/uːx. Rhymes:English/uːx/1 syllable. Rhymes:English/uːk. Rhymes:English/uːk/1 syllable.

  9. www.finedictionary.com › CleuchCleuch Definition, Meaning & Usage | FineDictionary.com

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary. (n) Cleuch. Cleugh a ravine with steep and precipitous sides. Etymology. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Scotch form of Clough . Usage in literature. Jamie Telfer lived five miles off in Ettrick, but his was the next house to the Cleuch shieling.