Lockspit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lockspit is a noun meaning (cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
Meaning
(cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
More Meanings
- to dig a such a trench
Example Sentences
Lockspits will not be shown [on maps] in bogs except where they occur on County, Barony and Townland Boundaries.
The widening of the river referred to in items […] was carried out by first cutting a V-shaped trench or lockspit throughout the length of the widenings on the line of the proposed new river bank […].
Word Forms
- lockspits
- lockspiting
- lockspited
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spittle, turnspit, sand spit, spit, spitful, trenchline.
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