English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish seoch.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

enPR: shŭᴋʜ , IPA(key): /ʃʌx/

Noun [ edit ]

sheugh (plural sheughs)

( Ireland , Scotland ) A ditch, especially a field boundary ditch usually used to drain fields and mark their boundaries. ( Scotland , colloquial ) The space between the buttocks. The sweat is running down the sheugh of my arse. ( Ireland , colloquial ) The Atlantic ocean, the sea.