Thorny Cleuch
valley · Scottish Borders
Old EnglishAI-generated
Thorny Cleuch describes a ravine or gully characterized by thorn bushes. It combines the Old English adjective 'thorny' (from 'thorn') and the Scots word 'cleuch' (ravine).
Word origins
- Thorny
- Old Englishcovered with thorns(from thorn "thorn tree", -ig "adjectival suffix")
- Cleuch
- Scotsravine, steep-sided gully(from clach "stone")