dike drainage ditch
1Ditch — For other uses, see Ditch (disambiguation). A well maintained ditch in the Netherlands …
2Dike (construction) — A dike (or dyke), levee, levée, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial slope or wall, usually earthen and often parallels the course of a river. [ Citation | title=Levees and Other Raised Ground | author=Henry Petroski |… …
3Ditch — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical surname denoting residence by a ditch or dike, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century dic , dike, ditch. The plural form represents the survival of the Olde English… …
4Dike — This unusual name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a topographical surname denoting residence by a ditch or dike, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century dic , dike, ditch. The plural form represents the survival of the Olde English… …
5ditch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dich, from Old English dīc dike, ditch; akin to Middle High German tīch pond, dike Date: before 12th century a long narrow excavation dug in the earth (as for drainage) II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb …
6ditch — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow excavated channel esp. for drainage or to mark a boundary. 2 a watercourse, stream, etc. v. 1 intr. make or repair ditches (hedging and ditching). 2 tr. provide with ditches; drain. 3 tr. sl. leave in the lurch; abandon …
7ditch — [[t]dɪtʃ[/t]] n. 1) a long, narrow excavation in the ground, as for drainage or irrigation; trench 2) any natural channel or waterway 3) to dig a ditch in or around 4) rai to derail or drive into a ditch 5) aer. to crash land on water and abandon …
8Scots' Dike — The Scots Dike or dyke is a three and a half mile / 5.25 km long linear earthwork, constructed by the English and the Scots in the year 1552Mack, James Logan (1926). The Border Line. Pub. Oliver Boyd. P. 94.] to mark the division of the Debatable …
9Levee — For other uses, see Levee (disambiguation). The side of a levee in Sacramento, California A levee, levée, dike (or dyke), embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which… …
10Middle Level Navigations — Coordinates: 52°27′40″N 0°14′28″W / 52.461°N 0.241°W / 52.461; 0.241 …
