A ditch-bank.
·noun A ridge or mound of earth. II. Cam ·adj <<Crooked>>. III. Cam ·noun A curved wedge, movable ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
awry. Lane. CAMM'D, crooked. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·noun ·see <<Dike>>. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning. ...
From the Anglo-Saxon dic, a mound or bank; yet in some parts of England the word means a ditch. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
From the Teut. vliet, a dyke for preventing inundation. ...