noun
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a series of terraces, esp one dividing a slope into a steplike system of flat narrow fields
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the act of making a terrace or terraces
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another name for terrace
Etymology
Origin of terracing
Example Sentences
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Much of the railroad-tie terracing had been damaged as well.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
If you look through the history books, it is 30 years since Norwich won at Anfield - in the last game played in front of the Kop when it was still terracing.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024
A unique feature of their farming was a method of terracing the hillsides on the southern slopes of the large sandstone plateau to prevent soil erosion.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In 2011, they began a fresh exploration of the city’s northeastern edge, a kind of premature suburban sprawl originally dedicated to agricultural terracing that had been converted for funerary and artisanal purposes.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023
Given Cahokia’s engineering expertise, though, solutions were within reach: terracing hillsides, diking rivers, even moving Cahokia.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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