lynchet
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word lynchet. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word lynchet, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say lynchet in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word lynchet you have here. The definition of the word lynchet will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflynchet, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apparently lynch (“variant of linch”) + -et, the first element derived from Old English hlinc (“a hill”).
Noun
lynchet (plural lynchets)
- (archaeology) A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter 43, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Penguin Classics, published 2003, →ISBN:
- A stretch of a hundred odd acres, in one patch, on the highest ground of the farm, rising above stony lanchets or lynchets - the outcrop of siliceous veins in the chalk formation.
See also
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
lynchet