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 Gosse, Edmund

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 Masefield, John

From near the Point on our side of No Man's Land, a bank or lynchet, topped along its edge with trees, runs southwards for about a mile.

From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John

Low down the hill, running parallel with the road, is a little lynchet, topped by a few old hawthorn bushes.

From The Old Front Line by Masefield, John

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 Masefield, John