| 单词 | strip-lynchet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrip-lynchet strip-lynchet n. Archaeology a horizontal terrace used for cultivation; a long, narrow lynchet (see lynchet n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cultivated land > terrace lynchet1796 cultivation terrace1863 cultivation-bank1913 strip-lynchet1929 1928 Antiquity II. 172 Their..observations..of the..long-strip lynchets of Saxon and medieval times.] 1929 Antiquity III. 174 The strip lynchets..on sloping ground, are made stable..by the facing of masonry. 1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles vii. 168 Today, where ridge and furrow and strip lynchets are preserved they are generally under permanent pasture. 1983 Out of Town June 26/2 Bands of quite difficult ground are often stepped and striped by patterns of ‘strip lynchets’... The strip lynchets..were gradually bitten into the hillslopes by ploughs that were hauled (approximately) along the contours. < as lemmas |
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