sunk fence
noun
: a ditch with a retaining wall used to divide lands without defacing a landscape
called also ha-ha
Word History
First Known Use
1745, in the meaning defined above
sunk fence
noun
as in sheugh
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sheugh
- ditch
- trench
- moat
- drain
- gutter
- stank
- fosse
- culvert
- trough
- gully
- ravine
- draw
- ha-ha
- foss
- dike
- drill
- gulley
- furrow
- acequia
- kennel
