Definitions
A narrow valley, ravine, or cleft in a hillside.
Word origin
From Middle English clough, clow, cloȝ, from Old English *clōh, from Proto-West Germanic *klą̄h (“cleft, sluice, abyss”), of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).
Used in a sentence
“The day-sky glimmered on the dew[…] And lurked in heath and braken clough”
“The features of a clough fall well in with a Teutonic idea that Thor, their thunder-god, had smitten these places when in fits of fury and made the deep gashes in the hillsides.”
“Now we've sorted that out, the easiest way is up the clough and along the bridleway.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Narrow ravine”6 letters
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