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Definition of ha-ha in English: ha-hanoun ˈhɑːhɑː A ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view. Example sentencesExamples - A ha-ha was a six-foot deep ditch, vertical at the edge of the property, so that the neighbor's cattle could graze right up to the line, appearing to be one's own.
- Three fishing ponds were joined together to create two lakes, separated by a dam-cum-bridge and a ha-ha - a sunken wall that kept grazing animals out of the park.
- A wide lawn runs down the centre of the garden, so it melds almost imperceptibly over a ha-ha into the surrounding parkland, planted with fine trees.
- Or possibly, it is just the gap where the ha-ha is broken to allow the turn-in from the road.
- By removing the scrubby hawthorns that had grown up around the ha-ha, or sunken ditch, we have opened up the view that Jane Austen knew, in the true English landscape garden tradition.
Origin Early 18th century: from French, said to be from the cry of surprise on suddenly encountering such an obstacle. Definition of ha-ha in US English: ha-hanoun A ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view. Example sentencesExamples - By removing the scrubby hawthorns that had grown up around the ha-ha, or sunken ditch, we have opened up the view that Jane Austen knew, in the true English landscape garden tradition.
- A ha-ha was a six-foot deep ditch, vertical at the edge of the property, so that the neighbor's cattle could graze right up to the line, appearing to be one's own.
- A wide lawn runs down the centre of the garden, so it melds almost imperceptibly over a ha-ha into the surrounding parkland, planted with fine trees.
- Three fishing ponds were joined together to create two lakes, separated by a dam-cum-bridge and a ha-ha - a sunken wall that kept grazing animals out of the park.
- Or possibly, it is just the gap where the ha-ha is broken to allow the turn-in from the road.
Origin Early 18th century: from French, said to be from the cry of surprise on suddenly encountering such an obstacle. |