Definition of "houghs" []

• Plural form of hough. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hough. (verb)

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• "It was nearly sunset ere they overtook the marauding party, who were encamped, having penned up the sheep in a rude stockyard formed of houghs."
• "In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers: the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees."
• "Their yoke creaked, they breathed heavily, and the muscles of their houghs were stretched as if they would burst."