clough Meaning, Definition & Usage

Clough noun
Etymology
OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cloh, akin to G. klinge ravine.
Definitions
  1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.
  2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Knight.
Clough noun
Definitions
  1. (Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

Webster 1913