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boughe

boughe is the obsolete spelling of bough.

Meaning of bough

Noun

bough (plural boughs)

  1. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
    • When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall. (Rock-a-bye Baby)
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, poetic) A gallows.
    • It was vſed of auncient time in Gauelkind land, & hath receiued the allowance and iudgement of a good and lawfull cuſtome, that if the huſband be attainted and executed for a felonie by him committed, yet ſhall his wife for the ſolace of her loſſe and deſolation haue her dowrie of his land, and...1584, A Breefe Discourse, Declaring and Approuing the Necessarie and Inuiolable Maintenance of the Laudable Customes of London: […], London: […] Henrie Midleton for Rafe Newberie, →OCLC, pages 26–27

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Forms of boughe

pluralboughes

Questions about boughe

What is boughe the obsolete spelling of?
Boughe is the obsolete spelling of bough.

Words near boughe in the dictionary

  1. bougets
  2. bough
  3. Bough Beech
  4. bough pot
  5. bough pots
  6. boughe
  7. boughed
  8. bougher
  9. boughers
  10. boughetto
  11. Boughey

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