sheugh

sheugh

noun, chiefly Scottish

Definition of SHEUGH

a long narrow channel dug in the earth <fell into a sheugh while rambling over the Scottish moors>

Synonyms dike, fosse (or foss), gutter, sheugh [chiefly Scottish], trench, trough

Related Words acequia [Southwest], culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine; drill, furrow; ha-ha, moat, stank [British dialect], sunk fence; kennel