"sheugh" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃʌx/ Forms: sheughs [plural]
enPR: shŭᴋʜ Rhymes: -ʌx Etymology: From Irish seoch, from English sough. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|seoch}} Irish seoch, {{der|en|en|sough}} English sough Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheugh (plural sheughs)
  1. (Ireland, Scotland) A ditch, especially a field boundary ditch usually used to drain fields and mark their boundaries. Tags: Ireland, Scotland
    Sense id: en-sheugh-en-noun-oAWyLMtD Categories (other): Irish English, Scottish English
  2. (Scotland, colloquial, Northern Irish, colloquial, especially coastal, as in Kilkeel, once the biggest fishing port in the UK) The space between the buttocks. Tags: Irish, Northern, Scotland, as in Kilkeel, colloquial
    Sense id: en-sheugh-en-noun-YEVmSeSc Categories (other): Scottish English
  3. (Ireland, colloquial) The Atlantic Ocean; the sea. The Irish Sea is the "little sheugh,the Atlantic is the big sheugh. Which also says something about the N. Irish attitude towards the countries on either side of the sheugh. Tags: Ireland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-sheugh-en-noun-zAlhW5ng Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 27 20 53

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