lockspit

English

Noun

lockspit (plural lockspits)

(cartography) A trench created on the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.
- 1966, Blue Book 1966, Southampton: Ordnance Survey:
  Lockspits will not be shown [on maps] in bogs except where they occur on County, Barony and Townland Boundaries.

Anagrams

lickpots, lopstick, slicktop

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