graffage

English

Etymology

Compare grave (noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈɡɹɑːfɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

graffage (plural graffages)

1. The scarp of a ditch or moat.
   • 1837, Mary Russell Mitford, Country Stories:

     […] 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 their ponderous annual load.