lynchet

British  

/ ˈlɪntʃɪt /

noun

1. a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside

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Etymology

Origin of lynchet

Old English hlinc ridge

Example Sentences

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lynchet

Cicely" is an example which repays attention:— "And still sadly onward I followed, That Highway the Icen Which trails its pale riband down Wessex O'er lynchet and lea.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse

Below this lynchet is a fairly smooth slope, so tilted that it slopes down to the right towards the valley road, and slopes up to the front towards the enemy line.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield

Looking straight to the front from the Sunken Road our men saw no sudden dip down at the lynchet, but a continuous grassy field, at first flat, then slowly rising towards the enemy parapet.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield

From this lynchet, looking down the valley into the Y Ravine, the enemy position is saddle-shaped, low in the middle, where the Y Ravine 47narrows, and rising to right and left to a good height.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield

To reach it our men had to run across the flat from the Sunken Road, slide down the bank of the lynchet, and then run up the glacis to the parapet.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield