dry-stone dyke

noun

A drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.

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Meanings

noundry-stone dyke (plural dry-stone dykes)

plural dry-stone dykes

  1. A drystone wall used as a field boundary, particularly in Scotland.
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