bucht

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English

Etymology

From Scots bucht, of uncertain origin.

Noun

bucht (plural buchts)

  1. (Scotland) A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 150:
      Far over the braes by Upperhill where Ewan would be getting set in his clothes […] the sheep were baaing in their winter buchts.

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Flemish variant of Dutch bocht.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bucht m (plural buchten)

  1. junk
  2. disgusting drink, trash, rubbish
  3. pests, weed

German

Pronunciation

Verb

bucht

  1. inflection of buchen:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person plural present
    3. plural imperative

Luxembourgish

Verb

bucht

  1. inflection of buchen:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English bight, from Old English byht (corner, bend).

Pronunciation

Noun

bucht (plural buchts)

  1. sheepfold, pen, bucht