graft

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡɹɑːft/

Noun

obsolete

(obsolete) A ditch, a canal. / The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel. / A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.

Japanese Meaning

（古語）溝、運河。 / （古語）シャベルやスコップなどの掘削工具の刃の奥行き。 / （古語）排水溝の掘削に用いられる細長いシャベル。

What is this buttons?

The old village map showed a small graft that drained the fields.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い村の地図には、畑の水を排する小さな溝が描かれていた。

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Sense（1）

(obsolete) A ditch, a canal.

Sense（2）

The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.

[…] in the first operation, we dug through the peat, the hard sand, and gravel, and one spade's graft (about nine inches deep, and seven inches wide) into the quick sand, the whole length of this drain,[…]

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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Sense（3）

A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.

grafts

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