Meaning of lynchet | Babel Free
Definitions
A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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