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bucht

bucht noun: a sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.

Noun

bucht (plural buchts)

  1. (Scotland) A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
    • Far over the braes by Upperhill where Ewan would be getting set in his clothes […] the sheep were baaing in their winter buchts.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 150

Forms of bucht

pluralbuchts

Origin of bucht

From Scots bucht, of uncertain origin.

Questions about bucht

What does bucht mean?
Bucht means a sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
What part of speech is bucht?
Bucht is a noun.
What is the plural of bucht?
The plural of bucht is buchts.

Words near bucht in the dictionary

  1. Bucholtzes
  2. Bucholz
  3. Bucholzes
  4. bucholzite
  5. Buchs
  6. bucht
  7. Buchta
  8. Buchtas
  9. buchteln
  10. buchts
  11. buchu

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