- although this term is perhaps better known as a Scots word for the neck or throat, it can also refer to a narrow passage between hills, or the head of a pass. This is the meaning of hause in names such as Hause Burn in Dumfriesshire. In place-names in the Borders, and in the English Lake District, hause is used specifically as a name for a narrow ridge connecting two heights.
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