clough
English
/klʌf/
noun
Definitions
- (Northern England) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
- A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
- A cliff; a rocky precipice.
- (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
- (dialectal) A wood; weald.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clough inherited from Old English *clōh inherited from Proto-Germanic *klanh-, *klanhaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klanh-, *klanhaz