noun
- plural of sheugh: a ditch or furrow, especially one used for drainage
Usage: Scottish; dialectal
Examples
- The farmer dug sheughs around the field to prevent flooding.
- Water collected in the sheughs after the heavy rain.
- The old sheughs needed to be cleared of debris.
- Sheep often shelter in the sheughs during storms.
- The sheughs marked the boundaries between properties.