cleuch

He arrived at length in a narrow and secluded cleuch, or deep ravine, which ran down into the valley, and contributed a scanty rivulet to the supply of the brook with which Glendearg is watered.

The Monastery 2008

At length, our course was crossed by a deep dell or dingle, such as they call in some parts of Scotland a den, and in others a cleuch or narrow glen.

Redgauntlet 2008

'Ay,' he replied absently, then added, 'D' ye ken the name o 'this cleuch?'

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

Ettric Forest, an 'leuk in a cleuch in a rock there is there, an'

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various

Bit by bit, for I was gey tired, I warstled ower the rigs and up the cleuchs to the Gled-head; syne up the stany Gled-cleuch to the lang grey hill which they ca 'the

The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies John Buchan 1907

At length, our course was crossed by a deep dell or dingle, such as they call in some parts of Scotland a den, and in others a cleuch or narrow glen.

Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801

He arrived at length in a narrow and secluded _cleuch_, or deep ravine, which ran down into the valley, and contributed a scanty rivulet to the supply of the brook with which Glendearg is watered.

The Monastery Walter Scott 1801