bucht

See also: Bucht

English

Etymology

From Scots bucht, of uncertain origin.

Noun

bucht (plural buchts)

1. (Scotland) A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking-time.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 150:

     Far over the braes by Upperhill where Ewan would be getting set in his clothes […] the sheep were baaing in their winter buchts.

Anagrams

• Butch, butch

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• bocht
• boecht

Etymology

Flemish variant of Dutch bocht.

Noun

bucht m (plural buchten)

1. junk
2. disgusting drink, trash, rubbish
3. pests, weed

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German

Verb

bucht

1. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular present of buchen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Second-person plural present of buchen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Imperative plural of buchen.

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Luxembourgish

Verb

bucht

1. inflection of buchen:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

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Scots

Alternative forms

• boucht, bught

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌxt/, /buxt/

Noun

bucht (plural buchts)

1. sheepfold, pen, bucht