(Scotland) A corner; a nook. A fairy fiddler frae the neuk, [nook] - "Robert Burns", by William Allan Neilson (1917)
(Scotland) A bend (e.g. in a coast) …the fleet, after exploring the harbours, had doubled the East Neuk, passed safely through St Andrews Bay, and entered the Firth of Tay. --Chronicles of Strathearn (1896) - Rev. John Hunter.
Examples
She put the spinning-wheel into the neuk window-stand and the woo-wheel against the wall.
There was a letter from his wife now holidaying at the Neuk Hydropathic.
The girl walked to the neuk window and put her hand on the old wheel.
We didn't have time for three courses, but we enjoyed the zuppetta of local fish and shellfish and the very fresh East Neuk crab and pasta.
Their prized Fender Squier electric guitar was due to be auctioned at a sports dinner last night to raise cash for Eleanor's East Neuk Wheelchair Appeal.
Even with a force six easterly bearing in from the North Sea yesterday, Crail still appeared like the cosy little corner of the East Neuk of Fife it undoubtedly is.
