"graffage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɡɹɑːfɪd͡ʒ/ Forms: graffages [plural]
Etymology: Compare grave (noun). Head templates: {{en-noun}} graffage (plural graffages)
  1. The scarp of a ditch or moat.
    Sense id: en-graffage-en-noun-y8VO99f7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare grave (noun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "graffages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "graffage (plural graffages)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, Mary Russell Mitford, Country Stories:",
          "text": "[…] to keep in repair the long line of boundary fence, to clean the graffages, clear out the moat-like ditches, and see that the hollow-sounding wooden bridges, which formed the sole communication by which the hay wagons could pass to and from the distant meadows, were in proper order to sustain their ponderous annual load.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The scarp of a ditch or moat."
      ],
      "id": "en-graffage-en-noun-y8VO99f7",
      "links": [
        [
          "scarp",
          "scarp"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹɑːfɪd͡ʒ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "graffage"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare grave (noun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "graffages",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "graffage (plural graffages)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1837, Mary Russell Mitford, Country Stories:",
          "text": "[…] to keep in repair the long line of boundary fence, to clean the graffages, clear out the moat-like ditches, and see that the hollow-sounding wooden bridges, which formed the sole communication by which the hay wagons could pass to and from the distant meadows, were in proper order to sustain their ponderous annual load.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The scarp of a ditch or moat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scarp",
          "scarp"
        ],
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹɑːfɪd͡ʒ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "graffage"
}

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