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
Pan Serafin found himself at the obstruction in one moment, and understood that there was no chance of being mistaken: a broad ditch had been dug across the ridgeway.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
If they could cross the brook and gain the ridgeway, it was long odds on their being overtaken that night.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
It dominated two watersheds, was accessible only on one side, and then by a ridgeway; from it the valley roads and rockstrewn hillsides could be seen for many leagues.
From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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 Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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