daugh

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noun

An obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

Similar
davochdavacharachor
OriginScottish Gaelic dabhach →
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Meanings

noundaugh (plural daughs)

plural daughs

  1. historicalAn obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

    Synonyms: davoch, davach, arachor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn obsolete Scots unit equal to 4 ploughgates, notionally comprising 400 Scottish acres.

Similar
davochdavacharachor
Also see
ploughgate

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicdabhach“vat, large unit of land”
  2. Englishdaugh

Scottish Gaelic dabhach (“vat, large unit of land”); the "land unit" sense may reflect substrate influence on Gaelic from Pictish.

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APA

daugh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daugh

MLA

“daugh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daugh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daugh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daugh.

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