Home › Words › P › powdikepowdikepowdike means A dike around a marsh or fen.EtymologyScots pow, pou (“a pool, a watery or marshy place”), from pool.nounA dike around a marsh or fen.e.g.“cut down or break up the Powdike in Marshland” — 1628–1644, Edw[ard] Coke, (please specify |part=1 to 4), London:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).