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hope noun2.
[Late Old English hop = Middle Low German hop (in place-names), Middle Dutch hop bay: origin unkn.]
A piece of enclosed land. Now rare or obsolete. LOE.
A small valley, esp. one branching up from a main valley to higher ground. Chiefly Scot. & north. LME.
An inlet, a small bay; a harbour. Chiefly Scot. & dial. LME.