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Definition of clough

Clough
Clough Clough, n. [OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cl[=o]h, akin to G. klinge ravine.] 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
Clough Clough (?; 115), n. (Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
clough
Cloff Cloff (?; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] --McCulloch.

Meaning of clough from wikipedia

- Brian Howard Clough OBE (/klʌf/ KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes...
- 54°17′20″N 5°50′06″W / 54.289°N 5.835°W / 54.289; -5.835 Clough (/ˈklɒx/ KLOKH; from Irish an Chloch, meaning 'the stone') is a village and townland...
- used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s. Clough was born in Sunderland, the son of Brian Clough who had been one of...
- Barrie Cannon Clough (born 10 November 1995) is an American-Australian soccer player who plays as a defender for Canberra United. Clough is a native of...
- Brian Clough and Peter Taylor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which included back-to-back wins in the then European Cup in 1979 and 1980. In Clough's last...
- Look up clough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clough can refer to the following: Clough, County Laois, Ireland, a village Clough, a village in County...
- John Clough (born 8 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Adelaide United. Clough started...
- Nigel Clough, son of former manager Brian Clough. Nigel Clough led the club to 18th place and safety. After four years of midtable obscurity, Clough was...
- suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough, who both became prin****ls of Newnham College, Cambridge. Arthur Clough was born in Liverpool...
- picturesque cloughs varying from steep ravines to sloping gullies. Clough is a local dialect word for a steep sided, wooded valley. Boggart Hole Clough was designated...