sandridge

See also: Sandridge

English

Alternative forms
  • sand-ridge, sand ridge

Etymology

From Middle English *sandrygge, from Old English sandhryċġ (“a sandbank”), equivalent to sand +‎ ridge. Cognate with West Frisian sânrêch, Dutch zandrug, German Sandrücken.

Noun

sandridge (plural sandridges)

  1. A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
      On the other side, under the lee of the sand-ridge, which was their usual point of separation, he endured for some moments the beard-raspings of indecision, frowning about the landscape and down at Cora.

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