1. flat areas of land beside a river; river meadows
Usage: Scottish; dialectal

Examples

• The cattle grazed peacefully in the haughs by the river.
• After the flood, the haughs were covered with rich silt.
• The old farmhouse overlooked the green haughs below.
• Wild flowers bloomed across the haughs in spring.
• The river wound through the fertile haughs of the valley.