DCHP-2

dike dyke. Maritimes DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 † n.

  an earthwork embankment equipped with aboiteaus to protect the land from the high tides of the Bay of Fundy.

  See also: aboiteau  

• 2 n.

  the fertile sea meadows protected by a dike (def. 1).

  See also: dike(d) land(s)