agger

American  

[aj-er] / ˈædʒ ər /

noun

1. Also called double tide.  Oceanography.

   1. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.

   2. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.

2. (in ancient Roman building) an earthen mound or rampart, especially one having no revetment.

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agger British  

/ ˈædʒə /

noun

1. an earthwork or mound forming a rampart, esp in a Roman military camp

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Etymology

Origin of agger

1350–1400; Middle English: heap, pile < Latin: rubble, mound, rampart, equivalent to ag- ag- + -ger, base of gerere to carry, bring

Example Sentences

Of Mont Barbet nothing is left but the motte or agger, dating doubtless from far earlier days, but which, as so often happens, has outlived the buildings which were placed upon and around it.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden

The agger had been burnt and the siege towers destroyed.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

After all, 'exageration' only substitutes the idea of mound, or agger for carica—the heaping up of a mound—for the common Italian word 'load' or 'cartload.'

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry

In some places the agger is above three foot raised from the surface.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon

Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa.

From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir