bar ditch en · NOUN
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.
Meanings
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(Southern-US) A low ditch running along the side of a road.
She continued along the bar ditch, sweat running down her back now.
2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 282:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bar ditches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |