flaught

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From either Old English *fleaht or Old Norse *flahtr (for later fláttr), from Proto-Germanic *flahtuz, from *flahaną (“to flay”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaxt/, /ˈflau̯xt/

Noun

flaught (Northern, uncommon)

  1. A snowflake; a piece of snow.
  2. A bolt or arc of fire.
  3. Turf or a piece of it.

Descendants

  • English: flaught
  • Scots: flaucht

References

Scots

Noun

flaught (plural flaughts)

  1. A flight.
  2. A flapping.
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