Bother Cleugh
valley · East Lothian
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Bother Cleugh likely derives from Old English 'both', meaning a booth or shelter, and 'cloh', meaning a ravine or valley. It may refer to a sheltered ravine or a ravine with a temporary shelter.
Word origins
- Bother
- Old Englishbooth, shelter(from both "booth, shelter")
- Cleugh
- Old EnglishAttestedravine, valley(from cloh "ravine, valley")