cleuchcleughn.

Brit.

/kluːx/,

/kluː/, U.S.

/kluk/,

/klux/,

/klu/, Scottish English

/kl(j)uːx/

Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s clewch; 1500s plural clewis.

Etymology: Scots form of clough n.: compare beuch, eneuch, teuch = bough, enough, tough, etc.

Scottish.

1. A gorge or ravine with precipitous and usually rocky sides, generally that of a stream or torrent. (Often entering into place-names, as Buccleuch, Caldcleuch, Wolfcleuch, etc.)

ΚΠ

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 386 In a clewch [1489 Adv. louch] on the ta hand All his archeris enbuschit he.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 539 A cleuch thar was, quharoff a strenth thai maid.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. iv. 18 A wod abufe..with his rank bewis..castis a plesand schaddow our the clewis.

1688 W. Scot True Hist. Families (1776) 37 (Jam.) And for the Buck thou stoutly brought To us up that steep heugh Thy designation ever shall Be John Scot in Buckscleugh.

1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 13.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 10 The cleugh we were in was strait.

2. The precipitous side of a gorge; a steep and rugged descent.

ΚΠ

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 204 At thair bakkis wes ane strait montane or cleuch [ ii. 65 ab tergo erant clivi].

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Rupes, prærupta petra, a craig, or clewch.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 82 Ane vnrewlie..horse, cariand ane man over ane cleuch, craig, or in water.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 171 An ye fa' ower the cleugh too.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cleuch
释义	cleuchcleughn. Brit. /kluːx/, /kluː/, U.S. /kluk/, /klux/, /klu/, Scottish English /kl(j)uːx/ Forms: Also Middle English, 1500s clewch; 1500s plural clewis. Etymology: Scots form of clough n.: compare beuch, eneuch, teuch = bough, enough, tough, etc. Scottish. 1. A gorge or ravine with precipitous and usually rocky sides, generally that of a stream or torrent. (Often entering into place-names, as Buccleuch, Caldcleuch, Wolfcleuch, etc.) ΚΠ 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 386 In a clewch [1489 Adv. louch] on the ta hand All his archeris enbuschit he. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 539 A cleuch thar was, quharoff a strenth thai maid. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. iv. 18 A wod abufe..with his rank bewis..castis a plesand schaddow our the clewis. 1688 W. Scot True Hist. Families (1776) 37 (Jam.) And for the Buck thou stoutly brought To us up that steep heugh Thy designation ever shall Be John Scot in Buckscleugh. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 13. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 10 The cleugh we were in was strait. 2. The precipitous side of a gorge; a steep and rugged descent. ΚΠ 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 204 At thair bakkis wes ane strait montane or cleuch [ ii. 65 ab tergo erant clivi]. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Rupes, prærupta petra, a craig, or clewch. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table 82 Ane vnrewlie..horse, cariand ane man over ane cleuch, craig, or in water. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. viii. 171 An ye fa' ower the cleugh too. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1487
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