Sc. Also bowght, boucht, bucht. [Etymology obscure: it answers in form to the prec.; but the connection of sense is uncertain. The Gael. buchd appears to be from Lowl. Sc.]
1. A sheep-fold; spec. a peu for confining ewes at milking-time.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IX. ii. 64. As we se … The wyld wolf … Abowt the bowght [v.r. boucht] plet al of wandis tyght.
1813. Hogg, Kilmeny, xxiv. Broke from their boughts and faulds.
2. ‘A square seat in a church, a table-seat.’ Jam.
3. Comb., as bought-door, -seat.
1807. Hogg, Mt. Bard, 27 (Jam.). The bught door is always carefully shut at even.
