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graffage

/ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/

graffage noun: the scarp of a ditch or moat.

Noun

graffage (plural graffages)

  1. The scarp of a ditch or moat.
    • […] to keep in repair the long line of boundary fence, to clean the graffages, clear out the moat-like ditches, and see that the hollow-sounding wooden bridges, which formed the sole communication by which the hay wagons could pass to and from the distant meadows, were in proper order to sustain...1837, Mary Russell Mitford, Country Stories

Forms of graffage

pluralgraffages

Origin of graffage

Compare grave (noun).

Questions about graffage

What does graffage mean?
Graffage means the scarp of a ditch or moat.
What part of speech is graffage?
Graffage is a noun.
How do you pronounce graffage?
Graffage is pronounced /ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of graffage?
The plural of graffage is graffages.

Words near graffage in the dictionary

  1. graf artists
  2. Grafe
  3. Grafes
  4. graff
  5. graff up
  6. graffage
  7. graffages
  8. Graffam
  9. Graffams
  10. graffed
  11. graffed up

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