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dry-stone wallˌdry-stone ˈwall noun [countable] TBCTAin Britain, a wall built with pieces of stone that are fitted closely together without using cement to hold them in place
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dry-stone wall• The town, protected only by a dry-stone wall, surrendered within a few days, on 8 January 1746.• If there was a cool breeze I would sometimes find them squatting on the lee side of a dry-stone wall.• A dry-stone wall method is used to ensure free drainage.• Miss Fogerty leant over the low dry-stone wall which separated the playground from the school-house garden.• The dry-stone wall on the farther side looked solid and uncompromising.
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