Definition of "turlough" []

• A temporary lake (noun)

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• "It turns out the lake isn’t really a lake but a turlough, which is sometimes a lake, and dry at other times of the year."
• "Raftery didn't see him, being blind; and he brought him to Killeenan at last, and he said: "Where can the rogue go now, unless he'll swim the turlough?""
• "If on the other hand you said a cost of 100 million for a system 5 times bigger than turlough hill, I could see that being implemented but I would not be happy."