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A ditch is a small to moderate trench created to channel water. A ditch can be used for drainage , to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant irrigation .
A ditch is a small depression created to channel water. Ditch, ditching or The Ditch may also refer to Ditch (fortification), an obstacle designed to slow down or break up an attacking force in warfare; Ditch (obstacle), an obstacle in cross-country equestrianism; ditch,, an online poetry periodical; The Ditch (website), an Irish political news ...
Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis.New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century.
Excavated henge ditch on Wyke Down (Dorset). The ditch was originally dug as a causewayed enclosure and may therefore not be a henge. Julian Cope, in The Megalithic European, [20] proposes that the henge was a regional development from the Europe-wide causewayed enclosure. He notes it appeared following a cultural upheaval in around 3000 BC ...
Knock, knock, ginger (also known as ding, dong, ditch, Chappy and Knock door run) is a prank or game dating back to the traditional Cornish holiday of Nickanan Night where it was called Nicky nicky nine doors in the 19th-century or possibly the earlier. The game is played by children in many cultures.
Comparison of a ha-ha (top) and a regular wall (bottom). Both walls prevent access, but one does not block the view looking outward. A ha-ha (French: hâ-hâ [a a] ⓘ or saut de loup [so dÉ™ lu] ⓘ), also known as a sunk fence, blind fence, ditch and fence, deer wall, or foss, is a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier (particularly on one side) while preserving ...
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They are distinguished from a 'water ditch' by being lined to reduce absorption losses and to increase durability. The Falaj irrigation system at the Al Ain Oasis , in present-day Abu Dhabi Emirate , uses rills as part of its qanat water system.