grough

/ ɡrʌf /

noun

1. mountaineering a natural channel or fissure in a peat moor; a peat hag

Word History and Origins

Origin of grough¹

C20: possibly the same as grough, an obsolete variant of gruff in the obsolete sense: ``rough'' (of terrain)

Example Sentences

Thus graff or grough is compounded of grave and rough; and trudge from tread or trot, and drudge.

From Project Gutenberg

The percolations from above are heated to steam by stones rich in 'grough brimstone.'

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