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
  • With no access to public sewer lines and unaffordable septic systems, some families have dug ditches to divert the waste.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and shield your head, or leave your vehicle and find shelter in a ditch or ravine.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Having survived the World War I trenches and Chicago gangland, the brothers return after seven years to their segregated Mississippi Delta hometown, Clarksdale.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
  • One of the samples was dug from a scar-like trench called Wessex Cleft and the other from the bottom of a young crater rim in South Massif.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Clean gutters at least twice a year and check the base of downspouts to make sure water can flow freely.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
  • With the prior landscaping experience, he was assigned outdoor duties ranging from climbing onto the roof to clean gutters, to scraping sediment from a parking lot, laying pine straw, and grinding paint from a stairwell.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Sheugh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheugh. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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