ridgeway
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Billy Row is sprawled up a hill in County Durham, sandwiched between Crook on the valley floor and Stanley Crook atop the ridgeway.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2023
He turned into the ridgeway and drew towards the barn.
From Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Icknield Street is probably a prehistoric ridgeway along the downs, utilized perhaps by the Romans near its eastern end, but in general not Roman.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
He sat facing the ridgeway where it came from the East, and watched the courses of the stars.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Maurice Henry Hewlett
After the charge and retreat from the ridgeway he intended to reach the first village, collect all the peasants, return then and rescue the wagons.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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