lockspit

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Definition of lockspit

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.

“The widening of the river referred to in items […] was carried out by first cutting a V-shaped trench or lockspit throughout the length of the widenings on the line of the proposed new river bank […].”
“Lockspits will not be shown [on maps] in bogs except where they occur on County, Barony and Townland Boundaries.”

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noun

A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.

“The widening of the river referred to in items […] was carried out by first cutting a V-shaped trench or lockspit throughout the length of the widenings on the line of the proposed new river bank […].”
“Lockspits will not be shown [on maps] in bogs except where they occur on County, Barony and Townland Boundaries.”

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Apparently: lock (“fastening”) + spit (“spade's depth”)

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