sandridge

Etymology

From Old English sand (“sand”) + hryċġ (“ridge”).

name

  1. A placename:; A village and civil parish in the city of St Albans district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1710).
  2. A placename:; A village in Melksham Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9364).
  3. A placename:; Former name of Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

noun

  1. A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank.“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.”