Definitions For Clough

Etymology 1

From Middle English clough, clow, clogh, {{inh, en, ang, clōh}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *klanh-, *klanhaz}}, *klanh-, *klanhō, t=cleft, sluice, abyss, of {{unk, en, title=unknown}} origin. Cognate with {{cog, sco, cleuch, t=gorge; ravine}}, {{cog, goh, klāh}} {{q, in placenames}}, {{cog, goh, klingo}}, klinga, t=brook, cataract, gulf, rapids. Perhaps conflated or influenced by {{etyl, non, en}} klofi, , a cleft or rift in a hill, ravine; compare {{cog, nl, kloof, , a slit, crevice, chink}}. See also cling, clove.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, cleugh, cleuch, , Scotland}} {{alter, en, cleugh, , Northumbria}}

Pronunciation

/klʌf/, /klaʊ/ (audio stream unavailable) (audio stream unavailable) {{rfap, en, US, US}}

Noun

CLOUGH (plural CLOUGHs) (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge. : (Nares) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. : (Knight) A cliff; a rocky precipice. (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch. (dialectal) A wood; weald.

Etymology 2

{{rfe, en}}

Alternative forms

cloff

Pronunciation

{{rfp, en}} {{rfap, en, UK, UK}} {{rfap, en, US, US}}

Noun

CLOUGH (plural CLOUGHs) Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

References

{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary}} {{R:Webster 1913}}