English

Proper noun

Clough

1. A surname​.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʌf/, /kləf/, /klaʊ/

Alternative forms

• cleugh, cleuch (Scotland)

Noun

clough ‎(plural cloughs)

1. (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.

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2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

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3. A cliff; a rocky precipice.
4. (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
5. (dialectal) A wood; weald.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• cloff

Noun

clough ‎(plural cloughs)

1. Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

References

• “clough” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
• clough in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913