sheugh

or sheuch

[ shookh ]

noun

1. a furrow, ditch, or trench.

verb (used with object)

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sheugh¹

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

Example Sentences

Sheuch, Sheugh, shōōh, or shyuh, n.

From Project Gutenberg

In one printed copy this is 'Sheugh,' and in a recited copy it was called 'Skew'; which is the right reading, the editor, from his ignorance of the topography of the lands of Fyvie, is unable to say.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

When the 'Clerk's Twa Sons o' Owsenford' were brought back to earth by their mother's bitter grief and longing, they wore 'hats made o' the birk': 'It neither grew in syke or ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gate of Paradise That birk grew green eneuch.'

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg