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cleugh

noun

Meaning

  1. A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
  2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
  3. A cliff; a rocky precipice.
  4. The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
  5. A wood; weald.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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