Lynchet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lynchet is a noun meaning (archaeology) A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
Meaning
(archaeology) A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
Example Sentences
A stretch of a hundred odd acres, in one patch, on the highest ground of the farm, rising above stony lanchets or lynchets - the outcrop of siliceous veins in the chalk formation.
Word Forms
- lynchets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include linchet, landshard, linch, lynch, lazy-bed, bench.
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