turlough
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English
Etymology
From Irish tur (“dry”) + loch (“lake”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.lɒx/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: tur‧lough
Noun
turlough (plural turloughs)
- (Ireland) A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season.
- 2008, David Riley, A Celtic Tale, page 75:
- Naisi said that it was a turlough, or a disappearing lake, and that before the year's end, it would be full of water again.
- 2011, Dermot Bolger, The Journey Home, page 108:
- How deep was that small lake—more a turlough really, filled with water in autumn and winter, a dry hollow in summer […]
Synonyms
- (temporary lake): vernal pool
Translations
temporary lake