Meanings
proper noun
- A mountain pass traversed by both road and railway in Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8424).
He then had to jump, and appears to have lost his head, as instead of walking the short distance forward to Slochd to let the signalman know what had happened, he started the 6½-mile walk back to Carrbridge.
1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612
Origin
From Scottish Gaelic.
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Slochd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slochd
MLA
“Slochd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slochd. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Slochd,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Slochd.
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