grøft.
a ditch (for water)
Meaning & usage
a ditch (for water)
a trench (for pipes and cables)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse grǫftr (“digging, burial”), from Proto-Germanic *graftuz (“digging, carving”), from *grabaną (“to dig”) + *-þuz, first part from Proto-Indo-European *gʰróbʰ-, o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scratch, bury”).
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