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piennar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
  • berm noun A raised bank or narrow ledge of earth, often used as a barrier, boundary, or to separate different levels of ground.
  • butt noun A person's buttocks.
  • flank noun The side of a person, animal, or group.
  • headland noun An area of coastal land projecting into the sea.
  • roadside adj Situated at the edge of a road.

Senses

piennar is used for these senses in English:

  • balk (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
  • berm (Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Zealand) A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.
  • butt A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
  • flank The outermost strip of a road.
  • hard shoulder A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)
  • headland The unplowed boundary of a field.
  • roadside The area on either side of a road.

balk — full definition

  1. noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
  2. noun The wall of soil left standing at the side of a dig.
  3. noun A large squared piece of timber used as a beam in building, for example to hold up a loft.
  4. noun Something that stops or disappoints someone; an obstacle.
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