1. bough - Noun
2. Bough - Proper noun
An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.
A gallows.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself. D. H. Lawrence
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. A. E. Housman
The temple of the sylvan goddess, indeed, has vanished, and the King of the Wood no longer stands sentinel over the Golden Bough. James Frazer
Do not cut the bough you are sitting on. Romanian Proverb
You need a sharp axe for a tough bough. Russian Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come. Chinese Proverb