What does hough mean in crosswords?

hough means: Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).

Word entry · 5 letters

hough

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5 lettersPronunciation /hɒk/Sorted ghhouStarts with HEnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word

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Definitions

Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).

Word origin

From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.

Used in a sentence

“In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees.”
“Far and wide the farms were burnt over their owners’ heads, the growing crops upon the ground; the horses were houghed, the cattle driven off; while of human death and misery there was no end.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Rhymes

ugh 3 letters bough 5 letters cough 5 letters dough 5 letters faugh 5 letters haugh 5 letters laugh 5 letters lough 5 letters

Longer words

chough 6 letters though 6 letters choughs 7 letters thought 7 letters although 8 letters thoughts 8 letters bethought 9 letters methought 9 letters

Length	5 letters
First	H
Last	H
Sorted	ghhou
Clues	0