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fougou

fougou is the alternative form of fogou.

Meaning of fogou

Noun

fogou (plural fogous)

  1. A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends.
    • Cornish fogous typically consist of a long passage with walls built up in horizontal courses of rough granite stones, typically some 40 to 50 feet long, 6 feet in height, and 5 to 6 feet in width, constructed in a deliberate curve.2005, Ross Heaven, Simon Buxton, Darkness Visible: Awakening Spiritual Light Through Darkness Meditation, page 8

Forms of fougou

pluralfougous

Questions about fougou

What is fougou the alternative form of?
Fougou is the alternative form of fogou.

Words near fougou in the dictionary

  1. fought up
  2. fought windmills
  3. foughten
  4. foughtest
  5. Foughts
  6. fougou
  7. fougous
  8. fougère
  9. fougères
  10. fouh
  11. Fouillet

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