haugh
haugh — noun
1. a flat area of grass beside a river, especially one that lies lower than the lan
a flat area of grass beside a river, especially one that lies lower than the land around it
Christopher spread a picnic blanket on the haugh beside the slow river.
landscape noun: on the haugh beside the river
After spring floods, Karim moved the sheep off the haugh for a week.
typical riverside farming context; after floods
A narrow path crossed the haugh where children flew kites after school.
Hiro sketched the ruined mill from the haugh under the bridge.
Wildflowers covered the haugh when the river fell back in June.
- meadow
broader and more common; a meadow does not have to be beside a river
- floodplain
more technical and wider in scope; a floodplain can include a whole low river area, not just a grassy meadow
- river meadow
clear everyday paraphrase; less regional than haugh
文法句型
a haugh
on the haugh
across the haugh
用法筆記
Usually names low grassy ground close to a river, especially in regional or literary landscape writing rather than everyday conversation. It refers to the flat land itself, not the steep edge of the riverbank.