"bar ditch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bar ditches [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from bar + ditch because it ‘bars’ cattle from crossing on to the road; the first word may be a corruption of borrow (compare borrow pit), because the material to make the crown of the road was ‘borrowed’ from the sides. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|bar}} bar, {{m|en|ditch}} ditch, {{m|en|borrow}} borrow, {{m|en|borrow pit}} borrow pit Head templates: {{en-noun}} bar ditch (plural bar ditches)
  1. (Southern US) A low ditch running along the side of a road. Tags: Southern-US
    Sense id: en-bar_ditch-en-noun-CWHC-oto Categories (other): Southern US English

Inflected forms

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