bar ditch
bar ditch · bar ditches
A low ditch running along the side of a roadA low ditch running along the side of a road.
Meaning
1 senses(Southern US)A low ditch running along the side of a road.
Origin
Uncertain. Perhaps from bar + ditch because it ‘bars’ cattle from crossing on to the road;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.
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