noun
grough
Grough (noun) means a deep, natural channel cut into a peat moor, through which water sometimes flows.
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A deep, natural channel cut into a peat moor, through which water sometimes flows.
"The shallow slow-running groughs fed the hag with a trickle of coppery water."
— Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole (2017)
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Etymology
Possibly the same word as gruff (“rough”, adjective), describing the terrain. Compare clough.
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"grough" (noun) means a deep, natural channel cut into a peat moor, through which water sometimes flows.
