spetchel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speˈt͡ʃl/

Noun

spetchel (plural spetchels)

1. (North English) A levee or dike made from stones laid in horizontal rows with a bed of thin turf between each of them.

References

• Levee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A glossary of North Country Words, with their etymology, and affinity to other languages, third edition, volume 2 (of 2), by John Trotter Brockett and William Edward Brockett, 1846, p. 152 (books.google)
• Newcastle & the North C19/1: Brockett's 'North Country Words'
• Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 660