| 单词 | rough bounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough bounds rough bounds n. [after Scottish Gaelic Garbh-chrìochan, lit. ‘the rough boundaries’] Scottish with the (now usually with capital initials): (the name given to) the rugged, inaccessible part of the western Scottish Highlands between Loch Hourn in the north and Loch Shiel in the south. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] > highlands rough bounds1804 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > Scotland > [noun] > part of Inverness-shire rough bounds1804 1804 A. Campbell Grampians Desolate 245 That enormous mass of lofty mountains, by way of distinction, called the rough-bounds, heaves on the astonished sight. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXI. 54/1 The most rugged district is that..between Argyleshire, Loch Lochy, and the sea, and generally called the Rough-bounds. 1958 C. I. Maclean Highlands 23 ‘The Rough Bounds’ between Loch Duich and Ardnamurchan. 1991 M. McLean People of Glengarry (1993) i. 16 Western Inverness was considered one of the most rugged..parts of the Highlands. Typical of the landscape is the area..known as the ‘Rough Bounds’. < as lemmas |
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