Definition of Broughs

1. brough [n] - See also: brough

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broughs

brothers-in-law
brothership
brothier
brothiest
brothiness
broths
brothy
brotizolam
brotula
brotulas
brotus
brouded
brough
brougham
broughams
broughs (current term)
brought
brought about
brought back
brought down
brought forth
brought home
brought off
brought on
brought out
brought owls to Athens
brought up
brought upon
broughtest
brouhaha

Literary usage of Broughs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"I remember a burlesque of one of the broughs upon a Greek subject, produced at the St. James's, under the management, I believe, of Miss Herbert, ..."

2. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1851)
"The Pictish broughs may be generally described as circular towers of sixty feet ... Much information concerning these broughs may be gathered from Pennant's ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"So far as has yet been ascertained, the discovery of iron implements has been limited to the ruins known as "broughs," which appear to have been known to, ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1872)
"So far as has yet been ascertained, the discovery of iron implements has been limited to the ruins known as "broughs," which appear to have been known to, ..."

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