agger
Pronunciation: /ædʒə(ɹ)/
The English word “agger” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- A double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again
- Synonym of earthwork in ancient Roman contexts, particularly a defensive wall or mound.
Etymology
From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”).
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