Turlough

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈtɜː.lÉ’x/
• Hyphenation: tur + lough

Origin

From Irish tur ("dry") + loch ("lake").

Full definition of turlough

Noun

1. (Ireland) A temporary lake in an area of limestone, filled by rising groundwater during the rainy winter season.
• 2008, David Riley, A Celtic Tale, page 75Naisi said that it was a turlough, or a disappearing lake, and that before the year's end, it would be full of water again.
• 2011, Dermot Bolger, The Journey Home, page 108How deep was that small lake—more a turlough really, filled with water in autumn and winter, a dry hollow in summer—and would the car restart for him? ...
  

Synonyms

• (temporary lake) vernal pool