lea rig

noun

Scottish

: a grassy ridge or piece of land : a ridge left unplowed in a cultivated field

Word History

Etymology

from (assumed) Middle English (northern dialect) leye rig, from Old English lǣghrycg, from lǣg- fallow + hrycg back, ridge (fallow), ridge

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