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Definition of Bough
1. Noun. Any of the larger branches of a tree.
Definition of Bough
1. n. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
Definition of Bough
1. Noun. A firm branch of a tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bough
1. a tree branch [n -S] : BOUGHED [adj]
Medical Definition of Bough
1. 1. An arm or branch of a tree, especially. A large arm or main branch. 2. A gallows. Origin: OE. Bogh, AS. Bog, boh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. Bogr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. Bog, Dan. Bov, OHG. Buog, G. Bug, and to Gr. (for) forearm, Skr. Bahu (for bhaghu) arm. Cf. Bow of a ship. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bough
Literary usage of Bough
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"There was a tree in the grove of Diana at Aricia from which it was not permitted
to break a bough. A fugitive slave, if anxious to get the post of priest of ..."
2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1901)
"THE SILVER bough IN IRISH LEGEND. BY ELEANOR HULL. IN the early chapters of Mr.
Frazer's Golden bough the author, following the Commentary of Servius, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), New Shakspere Society (London, England), William Shakespeare (1901)
"IN the early chapters of Mr. Frazer's Golden bough the author, following the
Commentary of Servius, connects the rites performed at Nemi with the ..."
4. Collected Poems by Alfred Noyes (1920)
"BEAUTIFUL ON THE bough BEAUTIFUL on the bough The song-thrush in ... Beautiful under
the bough The silent thrush in winter-time Lies with stiffened wings. ..."
5. Views and Reviews: Essays in Appreciation by William Ernest Henley (1902)
"X THE best of bough was bough himself; and of the humour, the temperament, the
independence of mind, the buxom and jovial sincerity that went to make that ..."
6. Poet Lore (1907)
"THE GOLDEN bough BY EDITH M. THOMAS A mortal maiden to Persephone, while descending
to Avernus ... This bough, all golden, from woodlands silent with gold! ..."
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