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Baulk
[bɔːɫk]
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
📖 Definitions of "Baulk"
noun
- 1
An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
- 2
The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
- 3
Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
- 4
A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
verb
- 1
To pass over or by.
- 2
To omit, miss or overlook by chance.
- 3
To miss intentionally; to avoid.
- 4
To stop, check, block.
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