sheugh

chiefly Scottish
as in ditch
a long narrow channel dug in the earth fell into a sheugh while rambling over the Scottish moors

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Noun
  • Excessive rainfall may flood roadside ditches causing debris to be washed onto the highway.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025
  • Her friend slammed the brakes, and the vehicle skidded into a ditch, then flipped.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • First responders located a trench approximately 90 feet long, five feet wide and five feet deep that been excavated to connect a private residence’s sewer system to the city sewer line, Wright said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
  • The video showed soldiers being instructed on firing grenade launchers, neutralizing enemy drones and clearing trenches.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Cuban treefrogs tend to lay their eggs in small artificial water sources, such as buckets, bird baths, ornamental ponds, clogged gutters, rain barrels, flower pots, kiddie pools, and water troughs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately the best flight sailed out over the driveway and across the sidewalk, and then curved to the right up the street until landing in a gutter of the adjacent property approximately 65 feet away.
    Michael Monson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
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“Sheugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheugh. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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