haughs

Above the haughs was a little mill, where flax was once spun and its lade still remained, running between the Tochty and the steep banks down which the glen descended to the river.

Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers Ian Maclaren 1878

When the Clyde fills the holms (“haughs”) above Bothwell Bridge and retires again into its channel, it resembles the river we are speaking of, only here there are no high lands sloping down toward the bed of inundation, for the greater part of the region is not elevated fifty feet above them.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Upon the haughs of Cromdale. notes: battle: 30 April, 1690.

The Haughs o' Cromdale 1997

Then the huntings afoot on the high fells, and the reckless gallops on the haughs below.

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

Others, who are unable to come and see for themselves, will, with the help of Mr Home, be in a better position to appreciate at its true worth the charm of the haughs and the changing views of the distant Wolds, and of the russet brown or purple expanse of the upland moors.

The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923

They, on their part, thought things were going splendidly, for when they rode up in the darkness of midnight to the Elibank haughs, all was quiet; not so much as a dog barked.

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

From Carham, having reached the last point of interest on the Tweed within the Northumbrian border, we must retrace our steps to Tillmouth, and follow the Tweed through pasture land and level haughs, until we come in sight of the steep cliffs and overhanging woods by Norham Castle.

Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

Returning down the Cor burn to the Tyne, our way lies eastward by the side of the river, which here, after splashing and sparkling over the shallows below Corbridge, narrows again to a deeper stream of swifter current, and flows between green meadows and leafy woods, fern-clad steeps and level haughs, all the way down to Ryton, where the picturesque aspect of the river ceases, and it becomes an industrial waterway.

Northumberland Yesterday and To-day 1908

Urging on my tired pony, I cantered down the level haughs which lay by the river side, and it was not long before Branksome came in sight, a high square house, with many rows of windows, flanked by a massive square tower at each corner.

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

Late that afternoon Sir Juden Murray was having a daunder [7] in the low-lying haughs which lay along the banks of the Tweed, close to his old tower.

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908