| 释义 |
Galloway dike Sc.
[from the district name: see prec.]
‘A wall built firmly at the bottom, but no thicker at the top than the length of the single stones, loosely piled the one above the other’ (Jam.).
1791Statist. Acc. Scotl. I. 451 The..most general fence is the Galloway dike. 1814Scott Diary 4 Aug. in Lockhart, It would be easy to form a good farm by enclosing the ground with Galloway dykes. |