单词 | sunk dyke |
释义 | > as lemmassunk dyke sunk dyke n. Obsolete a wall having a vertical face of turf or stone on one side and an earthen embankment on the other; cf. sense 3, face dyke n. at face n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1821 Aberdeen Jrnl. 26 Dec. 1/5 (advt.) Contractors wanted to quarry stones, and build dykes—partly double Dykes, and some sunk Dykes, with Stone Faces. 1904 Illustr. London News 9 Apr. 526/2 The open marsh..stretched inland for two miles without a hedge or other fence but the sunk dykes which intersected it across and across. < as lemmas |
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