riggot
A channel for draining a surface, especially one made by rainwater.
Noun
- A channel for draining a surface, especially one made by rainwater.
- [I] puncht him into th' riggot; un ill grim'd, un deet th' lad wur for shure […] - 1822, Tim Bobbin, The Lancashire Dialect; Or, The Adventures and Misfortunes of a Lancashire Clown ... to which is Added Lancashire Hob...
- and the trenches between the butts are called reans, or riggots. Where bye-lands do not exist the divisions are denoted by " mere " trees . White thorn and oak are the most usual , and sometimes large boulder stones ,...
Origin
From obsolete French rigot (“canal”), from Middle French rigole.