grough
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grough
- /ɡɹʌf/
Sounds like gruff
Where it comes from
Possibly the same word as gruff (“rough”, adjective), describing the terrain. Compare clough.
noun groughs · gruff
- A natural channel or gully in a peat moor, sometimes very steep and deep, and through which water sometimes flows. (Compare hag.) […] leaving you "pathless" in the middle of the moor. […] you step into the nearest grough […] after a hundred yards or so, the grough that you have so wisely chosen, now has sides of eleven feet high and according to your compass, has wandered off course and is now definitely not taking you in your
Talk about this word "grough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/grough. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. grough. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/grough "grough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/grough.Cite this
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