haugh

American  

[hahkh, hahf] / hɑx, hɑf /

noun

Scot.

1. a stretch of alluvial land forming part of a river valley; bottom land.

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haugh British  

/ hɑːf, hɑːk, hɒx /

noun

1. dialect a low-lying often alluvial riverside meadow

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Etymology

Origin of haugh

before 900; Middle English halche, hawgh, Old English healh corner, nook

Example Sentences

Neither has a slate been lifted, though about two yards of slating were stripped from the stables in the haugh, which you know were comparatively less exposed.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

I know the secrets of haugh and hill; But sacred and safe they rest with me, Till I hide them deep in the heart of Till, To be taken to Tweed and the open sea.

From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Terry, Jean F. (Jean Finlay)

The castle, like its smaller predecessor of which this pile of building has taken the place, stands in a haugh or meadow at the foot of a hill, within a circle of mountain-tops.

From Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 by Tytler, Sarah

His chest rose as if the weight of that load lay on it still, and his breath expired with a hoarse "haugh."

From The Desert and the Sown by Foote, Mary Hallock

Down a short space in front, a green undulating haugh between, roll the waters of the Tweed, with a bright clear radiance to which the brightest burnished silver is but as dimness and dross.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles