Definition of Ditches. Meaning of Ditches. Synonyms of Ditches

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Definition of Ditches

Ditches
Ditch Ditch (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Meaning of Ditches from wikipedia

- or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation. Ditches are commonly seen around farmland, especially in areas that have required...
- pre-Columbian ring ditches have often been interpreted as evidence of cultural development and po****tion movement in Amazonian archaeology. Ring ditches in this...
- The Ditchers or Diehards were groupings of British nobility, who had decided to take a "last-ditch" stand against the Liberal government's reforms to the...
- to demarcate territory. Some of the Grims Ditches may have had multiple functions. The name "Grim's Ditch" is Old English in origin. The Anglo-Saxon...
- peninsula are called neck ditches. Moats separating different elements of a castle, such as the inner and outer wards, are cross ditches.[citation needed] The...
- Airlines, Inc. Ditching in Sitka Sound, Alaska October 22, 1962. Washington, DC: Civil Aeronautics Board. 19 September 1963. p. 1. "DC-7 Ditches in Sea Near...
- male and died from stab wounds. Their bodies were discovered dumped in ditches outside Peterborough. In Hereford, two other men were stabbed but survived...
- Skip Day (also called Senior Day, Senior Skip Day, Ditch Day, Senior Ditch Day, Cut Day, or Senior Cut Day) is a tradition in schools where students in...
- The Ditch, also known as Goodbye Jiabiangou, is a 2010 film produced and directed by Wang Bing, an independent Chinese filmmaker better known for his...
- Look up ditch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ditch is a small depression created to channel water. Ditch, ditching or The Ditch may also refer to...