Meaning of dyke bottom | Babel Free

Definitions

The bottom of a dyke (earthwork raised to prevent the inundation of lowland by flooding.)

Examples

“Defendant deposited the refuse⟳ from the dyke bottom still further on plaintiff's land⟳, so that the total encroachment now varied from 5 ft. 5 in. to 5 ft. 10 in.”

“One night I lay⟳ in a dyke bottom from the wind and went sleep⟳ half an hour when I suddenly awoke and found one side wet⟳ through from the sock in the dyke bottom , so I got out and went on.”

“Allowing for erosion it is estimated that that its 45° slope from bank top to dyke bottom was originally 12m.”

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