Haugh
/hɔːx/noun
A low-lying meadow or river flat, especially one by a river.
Did you know?Haugh is a real northern English and Scots word, ultimately from Old English *halh* meaning a nook, recess, or piece of land in a bend—proof that place-names can preserve very old ways of seeing the earth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*halhô
“a nook, corner, recess, or enclosed piece of land”
Old English
OE
halh
“a nook, recess, or small valley; land in a bend or corner”
Middle English
ME
haugh
“low-lying meadow or river flat”
Modern English
English
haugh
“a low meadow, especially by a river”