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Heugh vs Sheugh - What's the difference?

heugh | sheugh |

As nouns the difference between heugh and sheugh

is that heugh is a steep crag or cliff, especially one with overhanging sides while sheugh is a ditch.

heugh

English

Alternative forms

* heuch

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) A steep crag or cliff, especially one with overhanging sides
  • (Scotland) A glen with steep, overhanging sides
  • (Scotland) A steep excavation, especially a coal pit

    • sheugh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ditch.

    • Usage notes

    This usage current in rural areas of Ulster (Northern Ireland and northern Republic of Ireland) and parts of Scotland. It is also used in (at least) the West of Scotland to refer to the space between the buttocks - not the anus or cheeks, but rather the area where the two buttock cheeks meet. Colloquially used when labouring - "The sweat is running down the sheugh of my arse"

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