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Meaning
Noun
●
In American English, Northern England English & Landforms:
A
narrow
valley
; a
cleft
in a
hillside
; a
ravine
,
glen
, or gorge.
●
A
sluice
used in
returning
water to a
channel
after
depositing
its
sediment
on the
flooded
land.
●
The
cleft
or
fork
of a
tree
; crotch.
●
A
wood
; weald.
●
Alternative form of
cloff
(“allowance of two
pounds
in every three hundredweight”)
Name
●
A
surname
transferred
from the common noun.
●
A
village
and
townland
in County Down, Northern Ireland.
●
A
village
in County Laois, Ireland.
●
An
extinct
town
in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.
Sourced from
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Origin
clough
English
cloh
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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