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cloff
English
Alternative forms
- clough
Noun
cloff (plural cloffs)
- (historical) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
References
- cloff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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clough
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English clough, clow, clogh, Old English *cl?h, from Proto-Germanic *klanhaz, *klanh? (“cleft, sluice, abyss”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots cleuch (“gorge; ravine”), Old High German kl?h (in placenames), Old High German klingo, klinga (“brook, cataract, gulf, rapids”). Perhaps conflated or influenced by Old Norse klofi (“a cleft or rift in a hill, ravine”); compare Dutch kloof (“a slit, crevice, chink”). See also cling, clove.
Alternative forms
- cleugh, cleuch (Scotland)
- cleugh (Northumbria)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?f/, /kla?/
Noun
clough (plural cloughs)
- (Northern England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
- A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- A cliff; a rocky precipice.
- (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
- (dialectal) A wood; weald.
Derived terms
- Howden Clough
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
- cloff
Pronunciation
Noun
clough (plural cloughs)
- Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “clough”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- clough in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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