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linch

linchnoun

linches

Common noun meaning a ridge or terrace; countable.

Translations

террасаУступ или терраса на склоне холма; археол., геоморф.

Ancient linches still scar the slopes above the valley.

Древние террасы всё ещё прорезают склоны над долиной.

межаУзкая полоска непаханой земли между бороздами; диал.

The ploughman wheeled the team at each linch bordering the field.

Пахарь разворачивал упряжку на каждой меже, ограничивавшей поле.

Definitions

A natural or man-made terrace, ridge, or step on the side of a hill; a lynchet.

Ancient linches still scar the slopes above the valley.

(Dialectal) A narrow ridge or strip of unploughed ground left between furrows.

The ploughman wheeled the team at each linch bordering the field.

Synonyms

central figure

linchproper noun

Definitions

A parish in West Sussex, England, or a surname derived from that place.

Linch lies a few miles south-west of Midhurst.