A small rocky hill or knoll, especially in Scotland; also a mythical creature in Scottish folklore.
From Scottish Gaelic barr-oc (little summit/top), where barr means 'top' or 'summit.' The term reflects Scottish Gaelic's influence on English, particularly in topographic vocabulary.
Scottish English preserves dozens of Gaelic words for landscape features that English entirely lacks—bourock is one of thousands showing how Scotland's linguistic heritage carved the language differently than southern England.
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