loch

[lok, lokh] /lɒk, lɒx/
noun, Scot.
1.
a lake.
2.
a partially landlocked or protected bay; a narrow arm of the sea.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English (Scots) louch, locht < Scots Gaelic loch, Old Irish loch lake, cognate with Latin lacus, Old English lagu; see lake1, lough
Examples from the web for loch
  • Yes, to those who have never had a sighting, it may seem improbable that any such large creatures lived in the loch.
  • Breakfast is included in rates and is served in the dining room, which offers views across the loch and surrounding mountains.
  • The sewage system consisted of a pipe leading to the loch, something that was no longer legal or particularly neighborly to use.
British Dictionary definitions for loch

loch

/lɒx; lɒk/
noun
1.
a Scot word for lake1
2.
Also called sea loch. a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland
Word Origin
C14: from Gaelic
Word Origin and History for loch
n.

late 14c., from Gaelic loch "lake, narrow arm of the sea," cognate with Old Irish loch "body of water, lake," Breton lagen, Anglo-Irish lough, Latin lacus (see lake (n.1)). The Loch Ness monster is first attested 1933.