Bough : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bough	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bough
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bough n any of the larger branches of a tree
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bough \Bough\, n. [OE. bogh, AS. b[d3]g, b[d3]h, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. b[d3]gr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.[?] ( for [?] ) forearm, Skr. b[be]hu (for bh[be]ghu) arm. [root]88, 251. Cf. {Bow} of a ship.] 1. An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch. 2. A gallows. [Archaic] --Spenser.