See Also: ditch(1)(dictionary)
ditch(2)(dictionary)
last-ditch(dictionary)
ditch 1, noun(dictionary)
ditch 2, verb(dictionary)

ditch(1) (iou)



ditch noun.

A long narrow hollow dug in the ground; a trench, a fosse. OE.
b. spec. Such a hollow dug out to hold or conduct water; rhet. any watercourse or channel. ME.
c. The trench or piece of ground immediately surrounding a bowling-green. M19.
d. The sea; spec. the English Channel; the North Sea. slang. E20.
Any hollow dug in the ground; a pit, cave, etc. Only in ME.
An embankment; a bank or mound of earth. Now dial. L15.
Comb.: ditch-water: stagnant in a ditch (freq. in (as) dull as ditch-water); last ditch a place of final desperate defence (die in the last ditch: see DIE verb1, last-ditch: see LAST adjective).
ditchless adjective without a ditch L19.