grough
/ɡɹʌf/
grough noun: a natural channel or gully in a peat moor, sometimes very steep and deep, and through which water sometimes flows. (Compare hag.).
Noun
grough (plural groughs)
- A natural channel or gully in a peat moor, sometimes very steep and deep, and through which water sometimes flows. (Compare hag.)
- […] leaving you "pathless" in the middle of the moor. […] you step into the nearest grough […] after a hundred yards or so, the grough that you have so wisely chosen, now has sides of eleven feet high and according to your compass, has wandered off course and is now definitely not taking you in...2014 May 1, Pete Draper, Bivouacs and Other Nocturnal Wanderings, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 68
- The shallow slow-running groughs fed the hag with a trickle of coppery water.2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 101
Forms of grough
| plural | groughs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gruff |
Origin of grough
Possibly the same word as gruff (“rough”, adjective), describing the terrain. Compare clough.
Questions about grough
- What does grough mean?
- Grough means a natural channel or gully in a peat moor, sometimes very steep and deep, and through which water sometimes flows. (Compare hag.).
- What part of speech is grough?
- Grough is a noun.
- How do you pronounce grough?
- Grough is pronounced /ɡɹʌf/.
- What is the plural of grough?
- The plural of grough is groughs.
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