"lockspit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lockspits [plural]
Etymology: Apparently: lock (“fastening”) + spit (“spade's depth”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|lock|t=fastening}} lock (“fastening”), {{m|en|spit|t=spade's depth}} spit (“spade's depth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lockspit (plural lockspits)
  1. (cartography) A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line. Categories (topical): Cartography
    Sense id: en-lockspit-en-noun-Mml31BM8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 84 16 Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences

Verb [English]

Forms: lockspits [present, singular, third-person], lockspiting [participle, present], lockspited [participle, past], lockspited [past]
Etymology: Apparently: lock (“fastening”) + spit (“spade's depth”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|lock|t=fastening}} lock (“fastening”), {{m|en|spit|t=spade's depth}} spit (“spade's depth”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lockspit (third-person singular simple present lockspits, present participle lockspiting, simple past and past participle lockspited)
  1. to dig a such a trench
    Sense id: en-lockspit-en-verb-s3J8pA2u

Inflected forms

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