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brooghs

brooghs is the plural of broogh.

Meaning of broogh

Noun

broogh (plural brooghs)

  1. (chiefly Isle of Man) A steep bank or grassy cliff.
    • The local place-name 'Chapel Gate' — 'the road to the Chapel' — is of some antiquity (J. J. Kneen, Place-Names, I, p. 22) and applies particularly to the steep pathway down the brooghs to the keeill-site and well at the west end of 'Chapel Bay'.1966, in the Report of the Manx Archaeological Survey, volume 6, page 61

Questions about brooghs

What is brooghs the plural of?
Brooghs is the plural of broogh.

Words near brooghs in the dictionary

  1. broodstocks
  2. broodstrain
  3. broodstrains
  4. broody
  5. broogh
  6. brooghs
  7. brook
  8. brook alder
  9. brook alders
  10. brook lamprey
  11. brook lampreys

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