Trough \Trough\, n. (Meteor.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Trough \Trough\, 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. ? &

1. 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.

2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)