[OE] Haugh and Scots hauch, from Old English halh, healh, is term referring to a low-lying meadow in a river valley. An example is Derwenthaugh which is situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. It had previously been part of County Durham, but it became incorporated into the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and ...
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• (n.) A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.
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meadow by a river
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A Northumbrian word for a low, flat or marshy area of land by a river. They are often liable to be flooded. This term is often used in place-names, e.g. Humshaugh, by the North Tyne, Northumberland.
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Haugh (ha)
noun [ See
Haw a hedge.] A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] « On a
haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough.»
Sir W. Scott. Found on
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