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Small to moderate trench created to channel water
A ditch is a small-to-moderate size trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways
Ditch
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up ditch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ditch is a small depression created to channel water. Ditch, ditching or The Ditch may also refer to
Ditch_(disambiguation)
2010 film
The Ditch (also known as Goodbye Jiabiangou) is a 2010 docudrama film produced, written and directed by Wang Bing, based on the novel Goodbye, Jiabiangou
The_Ditch
Online literary magazine
ditch, was an on-line literary periodical edited by the Canadian writer John C. Goodman with assistance from Scottish poet and artist James Mc Laughlin
Ditch,
Topics referred to by the same term
In the Ditch may refer to: In the Ditch (novel), 1972 novel by Buchi Emecheta "In the Ditch", song by Gang of Four from the album Solid Gold This disambiguation
In_the_Ditch
Defensive ditch surrounding a fortification or town
A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats
Moat
Day on which U.S. students skip school
Skip Day (also called Senior Day, Senior Skip Day, Ditch Day, Senior Ditch Day, Cut Day, or Senior Cut Day) is a tradition in schools where students in
Skip_Day
2013 killings of three men in Cambridgeshire, England
The Peterborough ditch murders were a series of murders which took place in Cambridgeshire, England, in March 2013. All three victims were male and died
Peterborough_ditch_murders
Brand of trencher machines
Ditch Witch, a trade name of Charles Machine Works, is an American brand of underground utility construction equipment, principally trenchers, which has
Ditch_Witch
Australian actor
Kristian "Ditch" Davey is an Australian actor known for his role as Evan Jones in the Seven Network's Blue Heelers from 2001 to 2006, and for playing
Ditch_Davey
In archaeology, a ring ditch is a trench of circular or penannular plan, cut into bedrock. They are usually identified through aerial photography either
Ring_ditch
Youth organization
Ditch the Label is a British non-profit charity organization. They operate Ditch the Label Education, which provides free educational resources for schools
Ditch_the_Label
Topics referred to by the same term
Crossing the ditch can refer to: Crossing the Ditch a successful 2008 attempt to cross the Tasman Sea by kayak "Crossing the ditch", colloquially, refers
Crossing_the_ditch
Sub-surface drainage system
penetrating or damaging building foundations and as an alternative to open ditches or storm sewers for streets and highways. Alternatively, French drains
French_drain
Type of recessed barrier
[so də lu] lit. 'wolf jump'), also known as a sunk fence, blind fence, ditch and fence, deer wall, or foss, is a recessed landscape design element that
Ha-ha
Roadside channel dug for drainage purposes
A bar or borrow ditch is a roadside channel dug for drainage purposes. Typically, the dirt is "borrowed" from the ditch, and used to crown the road. It
Bar_ditch
Canadian and American musician (born 1945)
middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there." Although a new
Neil_Young
Aves Ditch (also known as Ash Bank, or Wattle Bank) is an Iron Age ditch and bank structure running about 3 miles (4.8 km) on a northeast to southwest
Aves_ditch
Canal in Kauai County, Hawaii
The Kōkeʻe Ditch is an irrigation canal on the island of Kauaʻi. In 1923, construction began on the Kōkeʻe Ditch system to open the mauka hills to sugar
Kōkeʻe_Ditch
The Ditchers or Diehards were groupings of British nobility, who had decided to take a "last-ditch" stand against the Liberal government's reforms to the
Ditchers
Colorado, USA water-diversion project
The Grand Ditch, also known as the Grand River Ditch and originally known as the North Grand River Ditch, is a water diversion project in the Never Summer
Grand_Ditch
Earthwork in Dorset, England
Combs Ditch (sometimes spelt Comb's Ditch or Combe Ditch) is a linear earthwork on Charlton Down in Dorset, England. Combs Ditch forms the boundary between
Combs_Ditch
Name shared by a number of prehistoric bank and ditch earthworks
Grim's Ditch, Grim's Dyke (also Grimsdyke or Grimes Dike in derivative names) or Grim's Bank is a name shared by a number of prehistoric bank and ditch linear
Grim's_Ditch
Irish political news website
The Ditch is an Irish political news website established by journalists Eoghan McNeill, Roman Shortall, Chay Bowes, and businessman Paddy Cosgrave in
The_Ditch_(website)
Small constructed drainage channel
In geotechnical engineering, an interceptor ditch is a small ditch or channel constructed to intercept and drain water to an area where it can be safely
Interceptor_ditch
Prank game
prank, colloquially known variously as knock, knock, ginger; ding dong ditch; Chappy; and knock a door run amongst other names, is a prank or game that
Door-knocking_prank
Ground obstacle to slow an attacking force
In military engineering, a ditch is an obstacle designed to slow down or break up an attacking force, while a trench is intended to provide cover to the
Ditch_(fortification)
1990 studio album by The Pogues
Ditch is the fifth studio album by the Pogues, released on 1 October 1990, and the last to feature frontman Shane MacGowan as a member. Hell's Ditch continued
Hell's_Ditch
Partial dry moat of a castle
A neck ditch (German: Halsgraben), sometimes called a throat ditch, is a dry moat that does not fully surround a castle, but only bars the side that is
Neck_ditch
Canal in Nantucket, Massachusetts, US
The Madaket Ditch, formerly spelled as Maddequet Ditch, is a canal connecting Long Pond to Madaket Harbor on the western edge of Nantucket, Massachusetts
Madaket_Ditch
1979 Italian film
Le strelle nel fosso (transl. The Stars in the Ditch) is a 1979 Italian film directed by Pupi Avati. Lino Capolicchio as Silvano Gianni Cavina as Marione
Le_strelle_nel_fosso
Story in the Quran
People of the Ditch (Arabic: أصحاب الأخدود, romanized: ʿaṣ'ḥābu l-ʿukhdūdi) is a story mentioned in Surah 85 (Al-Burooj) of the Qur'an. It is about people
People_of_the_Ditch
River in London, England
Bennett's Ditch—sometimes spelled Bennetts Ditch—is a minor river (brook) located in the locality of Colliers Wood in the London Borough of Merton, Greater
Bennett's_Ditch
River in East Sussex, England
Sew Ditch is a minor, 571-metre (1,873 ft) long river—brook—and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels in Hailsham, Wealden District of East Sussex, England
Sew_Ditch
Earthwork in England
Nico Ditch is a six-mile (9.7 km) long linear earthwork between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stretford in Greater Manchester, England. It was dug as a defensive
Nico_Ditch
Canal in Kauai County, Hawaii
The Waimea Ditch is an irrigation canal on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. In 1903, the Waimea Ditch was dug to divert water from the Waimea River to nearby
Waimea_Ditch
Aircraft landing on a body of water
as floatplanes and flying boats, land on water as a normal operation. Ditching is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not
Water_landing
River in East Sussex, England
Downwash Ditch is a 1.4-kilometre (0.87 mi) long river (brook) and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels in the civil parish of Hailsham, Wealden District
Downwash_Ditch
Road in Calcutta, India
The Maratha Ditch was a three-mile-long deep entrenchment constructed by the English East India Company around Fort William in Calcutta. It was built
Maratha_Ditch
Tool for cutting brush and the like
viewed as a type of axe. Other common names for the tool are bush knife, ditch bank blade, briar axe, and surveyor's brush axe. On the East Coast of the
Sling_blade
United States historic place
Double Ditch, also known as the Double Ditch State Historic Site, Burgois Site, 32BL8, Bourgois Site, and Double Ditch Earth Lodge Village Site, is an
Double_Ditch
River in Nevada, United States
Steamboat Ditch is a roughly 34-mile-long irrigation canal dug in the late 1870s by Chinese laborers. It begins at the Nevada and California state line
Steamboat_Ditch
Topics referred to by the same term
Grim's Ditch is the name of several bank and ditch earthworks in southern England, including: Grim's Ditch (Chilterns), a series of earthworks in the
Grim's_Ditch_(disambiguation)
2007 studio album by Jason Isbell
Sirens of the Ditch is the debut solo album released by singer-songwriter and former Drive-By Truckers lead guitarist, Jason Isbell. The album was released
Sirens_of_the_Ditch
Association football club in Saudi Arabia
Al-Okhdood Club (Arabic: نادي الأخدود, romanized: nādī ʿukhdūdi, lit. 'Ditch') is a Saudi professional football club based in Najran, in the southern
Al-Okhdood_Club
Waterway in upstate New York, U.S.
Clinton, denigrated the project as "Clinton's Folly" and "Clinton's Big Ditch". The canal saw quick success upon opening on October 26, 1825, with toll
Erie_Canal
Geographical feature
Ditch is a roughly circular feature surrounding the Heel Stone at Stonehenge. It is not known if there was an intended relationship between the ditch
Heelstone_Ditch
2016 studio album by NOFX
First Ditch Effort is the thirteenth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX, released on October 7, 2016. "Six Years on Dope" was the first
First_Ditch_Effort
Geographical engineering feature
The Dyke Ditch (German: Dammgraben) is the longest artificial ditch in the Upper Harz in central Germany. Its purpose was to collect surface runoff for
Dyke_Ditch
Ditch Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Jeziorki Ditch (also known as Jeziorki Canal) is a ditch in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, flowing through Gmina Lesznowola, Warsaw's Ursynów district
Jeziorki_Ditch
Bran Ditch or Heydon Ditch is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in southern Cambridgeshire, England. Most of the ditch has been lost to
Bran_Ditch
Davidson Ditch is a 90-mile (140 km) conduit built in the 1920s to supply water to gold mining dredges in central Alaska. It was the first large-scale
Davidson_Ditch
United States historic place
The China Ditch in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Oregon, was a 30-mile (48 km) canal built in part by Chinese laborers to supply water for the
China_Ditch
2007-8 kayaking expedition
the first person rowed solo across the Tasman Sea in 1977, Crossing the Ditch was the effort of Justin Jones and James Castrission, known as Cas and Jonesy
Crossing_the_Ditch
The Miocene Ditch is one of three historic ditches along the west side of the Nome River, on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. It and the other two, the Seward
Miocene_Ditch
1972 novel by Buchi Emecheta
In the Ditch is a 1972 novel written by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta. It was first published on New Statesman as a regular column then published in
In_the_Ditch_(novel)
River in East Sussex, England
Curteis Ditch is a minor, 1.4-kilometre (0.87 mi) long river—brook—and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels in Hailsham, Wealden District of East Sussex
Curteis_Ditch
Historic structure in La Puente, New Mexico, United States
The La Puente Community Ditch is a 2-mile-long (3.2 km) irrigation ditch which runs through La Puete, New Mexico, United States, that was listed on the
La_Puente_Community_Ditch
The Grey Ditch, near Bradwell in the Peak District is a linear earthwork of post-Roman date. The dyke is built at right angles to the Batham Gate, a Roman
Grey_Ditch
Inspires New Environmental Awards". aNb Media. May 1, 2022. "'WILSON & DITCH: DIGGING AMERICA' NEW PBS CHILDREN'S WEB-ONLY SOCIAL STUDIES SERIES ON PBSKIDSGO
List of programs broadcast by PBS Kids
List_of_programs_broadcast_by_PBS_Kids
United States historic place
The El Barranco Community Ditch in Los Brazos, New Mexico is a 3.8 miles (6.1 km) long irrigation ditch diverting water from the Rio Chama. It was dug
El_Barranco_Community_Ditch
Earthwork in Somerset, England
Dead Woman's Ditch is an earthwork which has been scheduled as an ancient monument in Over Stowey, Somerset, England situated on the Quantock Hills. A
Dead_Woman's_Ditch
Irrigation canal in Washington state
Yelm Ditch is an abandoned irrigation canal near Yelm in Thurston County, Washington. It was completed by the Yelm Irrigation Company at a cost of $100
Yelm_Ditch
Strait between Mainland China and Taiwan
the Chinese province forming the strait's western shore; and the Black Ditch, a calque of the strait's name in Hokkien and Hakka. The Taiwan Strait is
Taiwan_Strait
United States historic place
irrigation ditch (ʻauwai) located near Waimea on the island of Kauai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Also known as "Menehune Ditch" or "Peekauai Ditch," it was
Kīkīaola
Defensive construction in warfare
anti-tank ditches, are artificial and natural excavations dug into the ground, that aim to slow the advance of enemy tanks. An anti-tank ditch has to be
Anti-tank_trench
Settlement type
A moated settlement (環濠集落) (English: moated settlements, ditched settlements, ditch-enclosed settlements ) is a human settlement (village) surrounded by
Moated_settlements
earth, sometimes with a ditch alongside. There may also be a palisade along the top of the bank. Linear earthworks may have a ditch alongside which provides
Linear_earthwork
Ancient monument in South Cambridgeshire, England
Brent Ditch is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in Southern Cambridgeshire, England, built around the 6th and 7th centuries AD. However
Brent_Ditch
A drainage ditch is a depression in the land created to channel water. Drainage ditches are typically formed around low-lying areas, roadsides or fields
Two-stage_drainage_ditch
Painting by Vincent van Gogh
Footbridge across a Ditch or Ditch with a Little Bridge is an oil painting created in 1883 by Vincent van Gogh. List of works by Vincent van Gogh Faille
Footbridge_across_a_Ditch
Military campaign in early Muslim history, 627 CE
including Muhammad contributed to digging the massive trench in six days. The ditch was dug on the northern side only, as the rest of Medina was surrounded
Battle_of_the_Trench
Canal in Marion County, Oregon, U.S.
Shelton Ditch is an artificial canal in Marion County, Oregon, United States. Built in the mid-19th century, it originates from Mill Creek east of Airport
Shelton_Ditch
Town in Mississippi, United States
gained national attention for its deprived neighborhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open sewer located there. Its fortunes have improved
Tunica,_Mississippi
Unauthorized refusal to attend school
futoko Mexico: pintearse. New Zealand and Australia: wagging, jigging, ditching, bludging, bunking, or skipping school. Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders)
Truancy
Military vehicle support device
in an obstacle, such as a ditch. The C4 based Citroën P17C Kégresse from 1931 also had such a roller. Upon entering a ditch, the roller prevents the front
Unditching_roller
Species of flowering plant
Penthorum sedoides, known by the common name ditch stonecrop, is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States and Canada which produces small
Penthorum_sedoides
Park in Cambridge, England
central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, north of Jesus College. Jesus Ditch runs along the southern edge Jesus Green. On the northern edge of Jesus
Jesus_Green
Historical irrigation ditch in New Mexico
The Acequia Madre (Mother Ditch) is a historical irrigation ditch that flows through the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It has been operating for more
Acequia_Madre_(Santa_Fe)
Species of dragonfly
Brachythemis contaminata, ditch jewel, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in many Asian countries. It is a small dragonfly
Brachythemis_contaminata
Channel of the River Thames at Oxford, England
The Osney Ditch is a side channel of the River Thames at Oxford, England. It is one of the principal watercourses in west Oxford. It forms part of the
Osney_Ditch
Prehistoric monument in England
placed between 2600 BC and 2400 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to
Stonehenge
Species of amphibian
Leptodactylus fallax, commonly known as the mountain chicken or giant ditch frog, is a critically endangered species of frog that is native to the Caribbean
Leptodactylus_fallax
Canal in Marion County, Oregon, U.S.
Salem Ditch is an artificial canal in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It drains into Mill Creek. Drury Smith Stayton, an early resident of Sublimity
Salem_Ditch
Artificial channel near Oxford, England
The Swift Ditch is a 2 km (1.2 mi) long artificial channel that formed a short-cut for river traffic to and from Oxford, across a meander of the River
Swift_Ditch
Nature reserve in Clacton-on-Sea, England
Pickers Ditch Meadow is a 1.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Tendring District Council. The site
Pickers_Ditch_Meadow
River in the United States
Great Ditch is a drainage ditch that drains areas of the Pigeon Swamp State Park in New Jersey in the United States. Great Ditch starts at 40°23′5″N 74°28′57″W
Great_Ditch
Linear earthwork in the United Kingdom
Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke or Grimes Dike is a linear earthwork in the London Borough of Harrow, in the historic county of Middlesex. Thought to have
Grim's_Ditch_(Harrow)
Type of fortification structure
defensive structure in a fortification. Fire from this point could cover the ditch beyond the curtain wall to deter any attempt to storm the wall. The word
Caponier
Irish journalist
Irish businessperson and internet personality, and a co-founder of The Ditch news and investigative website. Bowes works for Russian state media outlet
Chay_Bowes
River in East Sussex, England
Church Farm Ditch is a minor, 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) long river—brook—and drainage ditch of the Pevensey Levels in Hailsham, Wealden District of East
Church_Farm_Ditch
2019 EP by Slaves
The Velvet Ditch is the second EP by English punk rock duo Slaves, released on 18 July 2019. It was the band's final release before they changed their
The_Velvet_Ditch
United States historic place
The Osgood Ditch is a 9.2-mile (14.8 km) section of mining ditch located in southern Josephine County, Oregon, and northern Del Norte County, California
Osgood_Ditch
River in London, England
Pickle Ditch, also known as the Pickle, is a minor, 0.9-kilometre (0.56 mi) long stream—brook—in the locality of Colliers Wood in the London Borough of
Pickle_Ditch
United States historic place
The Fairhaven Ditch is a historic canal on the Seward Peninsula of northwestern Alaska. Located in the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, it is a 38-mile
Fairhaven_Ditch
2008 Minnesota missing person case
January 30, 1989) of Marshall, Minnesota, United States, drove his car into a ditch on his way home from celebrating the end of the spring semester with fellow
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swanson
Species of grass
Polypogon interruptus, commonly known as ditch rabbitsfoot grass or ditch beard grass, is a species of grass. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Polypogon
Polypogon_interruptus
Study of archaeological sedimentation for dating purposes
sequence or stratigraphy. They can be deposits (such as the back-fill of a ditch), structures (such as walls), or "zero thickness surfaces", better known
Stratigraphy_(archaeology)
Wild-growing cannabis
Feral cannabis, or wild marijuana (often referred to in North America as ditch weed), is wild-growing cannabis generally descended from industrial hemp
Feral_cannabis
American industrial/punk rock band
several projects. During this time, Hate Dept. released their fourth album Ditch in 2003. Although the band had publicly announced the release of the fifth
Hate_Dept.
DITCH
DITCH
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English diche, dike ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’ + man ‘man’, hence an occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. See also Dyke.English : occupational name meaning ‘servant (Middle English man) of Dick’.Dutch : elaborated form of Dyck.Americanized spelling of German Dickmann.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname meaning ‘fat man’, a noun formation from Dick 2.
Surname or Lastname
South German
South German : nickname from Middle High German tol, dol ‘foolish’, ‘mad’; also ‘strong’, ‘handsome’.South German (Döll) : variant of Thiel.South German (Bavaria) : topographic name for someone living in a valley, Middle High German tol ‘ditch’.North German : habitational name from Dolle, Dollen, or Döllen in Brandenburg.English : nickname for a foolish individual, from Middle English dolle ‘dull’, ‘foolish’ (Old English dol). The byform dyl(le) gave rise to Middle English dil(le), dul(le), modern English dull. Compare Dill 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a defense consisting of a thorn hedge and a ditch, or a habitational name from some minor place named with Old English þorn ‘thorn bush’ + dīc ‘ditch’, ‘dike’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dreain ‘descendant of Drean’, a byname possibly from dreán ‘wren’. The name is also found in Scotland.Irish (Cork) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Druacháin (see Drohan).English : from Middle English dreine ‘drain’, ‘ditch’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name.English : variant spelling of Drane.French : reduced form of Derain, from Old French dererain ‘last’, hence a nickname for the youngest son of a family.French : habitational name from a place in Maine-et-Loire called Drain.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : habitational name from any of the various minor places named with Old English foss ‘ditch’ (Latin fossa). The Old English word did not survive into the period when surnames were acquired, so it is unlikely to be a topographic name, unless it is from the Old French cognate fosse. The reference may be to the Roman road Fosse Way, itself named in the Old English period from the ditch that ran alongside it, or to the river Foss in Yorkshire.Norwegian : habitational name from any of the fifteen west-coast farmsteads so named, from the dative form of foss ‘waterfall’ (from Old Norse fors).
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest)
English (southwest) : occupational name for a digger of ditches or a builder of dikes, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike, from an agent derivative of Middle English diche, dike (see Dyke).English : regional name from an area of East Sussex, near Hellingly, called ‘the Dicker’ (hence also the hamlets of Upper and Lower Dicker), from Middle English dyker unit of ten (Latin decuria, from decem ‘ten’); the reason for the place being so named is not clear. It has been suggested that the reference is to a bundle of iron rods, in which sense dicras appears in Domesday Book. Such a bundle could have been the rent for property in this iron-working area. Surname forms such as atte dicker occur in the surrounding region in the 13th and 14th centuries.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Dick 2, from an inflected form.North German : variant of Low German Dieker, a topographic or an occupational name for someone who lived or worked at a dike (see Dieck).Americanized spelling of French Decaire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a grove or thicket, Middle English grove, Old English grÄf.English (Huguenot) : Americanized spelling of the French surname Le Grou(x) or Le Greux (see Groulx).North German form of Grob.North German : habitational name from any of several places named Grove or Groven in Schleswig-Holstein, which derive their name from Middle Low Germany grÅve ‘ditch’, ‘channel’. In some cases the name is a Dutch or Low German form of Grube.Altered form of German Graf.The surnames Grove and Groves are common mainly in the West Midlands. A Huguenot family who acquired the name Grove are descended from a certain Isaac Le Greux or Grou(x) or his brother. They fled from Tours in France in the late 17th century and settled in Spitalfields, London. Their children were known as Grou(x) or Grove; their grandchildren also used the form Grew; but their great-grandchildren, born at the end of the 18th century, were universally Grove.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English diche, dike, Old English dīc ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a ditcher or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. The medieval dike was larger and more prominent than the modern ditch, and was usually constructed for purposes of defense rather than drainage.Americanized spelling of Dutch Dijk (see Dyck).
Surname or Lastname
English (Bedfordshire)
English (Bedfordshire) : habitational name from a lost place in Bedfordshire, recorded in 969 as Foteseige, from Old English foss ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘dry land in marsh’, ‘promontory’, or a topographic name for someone who lived on low lying land by a ditch or dike.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dyke.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Deutsch.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the Old English tribal name Spaldingas ‘people of the district called Spald’. The district name probably means ‘ditches’, referring to drainage channels in the fenland.The surname was taken to Scotland in the 13th century by Radulphus de Spalding. His descendants prospered, and the name is still common in Scotland. Early American Spaldings include Thomas Spalding, born in Frederica, GA, in 1774, who introduced sea-island cotton in GA, and the physician Lyman Spalding, born in Cornish, NH, in 1775, who founded U.S. Pharmacopoeia.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Diss in Suffolk, which gets its name from a Norman pronunciation of Middle English diche, Old English dīc ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ (see Dyke).German : habitational name from Dissen near the Teutoburg forest.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Lincolnshire, so called from the genitive case of the Old English byname FÅt, meaning ‘foot’ (or the Old Norse cognate Fótr), + Old English dÄ«c ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ (see Ditch).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Reddish in Lancashire or Redditch in Worcestershire, which are respectively ‘reed ditch’ (Old English hrēod + dīc) and ‘red ditch’ (from Old English rēad). The surname is now common in Nottinghamshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Middle English greyve ‘steward’, from Old Norse greifi or Low German grēve (see Graf).English : topographic name, a variant of Grove.French : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of gravelly soil, from Old French grave ‘gravel’ (of Celtic origin).North German : either from the northern form of Graf, but more commonly a topographic name from Middle Low German grave ‘ditch’, ‘moat’, ‘channel’, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany named with this word.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of French origin)
English and Scottish (of French origin) : habitational name from La Tranche in Poitou, so named from the Old French topographical term trenche, a derivative of the verb trenchier ‘to cut’, which denoted both a ditch and a track cut through a forest. The term is also found in Middle English, and in some cases the surname could be of topographic origin or from minor place, such as The Trench in Kent, named with this word.The Trench family that hold the earldom of Clancarty trace their descent from Frederic de la Tranche, who settled in Northumbria from France c.1575. They became established in Ireland in the 17th century, when Frederick Trench went there and purchased an estate in Galway in 1631.
Surname or Lastname
South German (Härle)
South German (Härle) : nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German hÄr ‘hair’.Northern English and Scottish : habitational name from Kirkharle and Little Harle in Northumberland (earlier simply Herle, Harle), possibly named from an Old English personal name Herela (a derivative of the various compound names with the first element here ‘army’) + Old English lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.English : variant of Earl.French (Harlé) : topographic name from a derivative of harle ‘ditch’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Digby in Lincolnshire, named from Old Norse dÃk ‘dike’, ‘ditch’ + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named Ditton, for example in Cheshire, Kent, Cambridgeshire, and Surrey, from Old English dīc ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.English : habitational name from Ditton Priors in Shropshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Dodintone ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with a man called Dod(d)a or Dud(d)a’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Satgrave and Setgrave; probably named from Old English (ge)set ‘fold’, ‘pen’ (or sÄ“að ‘pit’, ‘pool’) + grÄf ‘grove’ or græf ‘ditch’.
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American, British, English, Finnish, French, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Japanese, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
My People; Dearly Loved; Beauty; Friend; Loved; Nectar; Tears
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English
English : from a feminine form of Gillett 1.French : variant spelling of Gillet.
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Beautiful; Precious; Lovable; Cute; Princess
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One Full of Wisdom
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Peaceful ruler.
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Poetic Name for Ireland
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Lord Shiva
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n.
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ditch
v. t.
To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
v. t.
To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
v. t.
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
v. i.
To dig a ditch or ditches.
v. t.
A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land.
n.
One who digs ditches.
v. t.
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.
v. t.
To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench.
imp. & p. p.
of Ditch
n.
A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions.
v. t.
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
n.
A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water.
v. t.
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
pl.
of Ditch
v. t.
To surround with a ditch.
n.
An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin.
n.
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
n.
A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.