graffage

/ˈɡɹæfɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Compare grave (noun).

graffage means The scarp of a ditch or moat. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.

noun

The scarp of a ditch or moat.“[…] to keep in repair the long line of boundary fence, to clean the graffages, clear out the moat-like ditches, and see that the hollow-sounding wooden bridges, which formed the sole communication by which the hay wagons could pass to and from the distant meadows, were in proper order to sustain their ponderous annual load.”