The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trough \Trough\ (tr[o^]f), n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tr[*a]g, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. [root]63 & 24
See Tree, and cf. Trug.] 1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.
Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
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(Meteor.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.
Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house.
Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.
Usage examples of "trough of the sea".
David Harrison's account of the sufferings aboard the Peggy appears in Donald Whar-ton's/ra the Trough of the Sea (pp.
This time, as we went into the trough of the sea and were swept, there were no sails to carry away.
Caught directly in the trough of the sea, I am convinced that she would have foundered had we not obeyed Bligh instantly.
The Pluto was plunging and lunging quite irrationally in the trough of the sea.
The heavy, lumpy sea strained her cordage, her timbers creaked, and she labored painfully in the trough of the sea.