lockspit noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A trench dug in the ground to mark a boundary or other imaginary line.The widening of the river referred to in items […] was carried out by first cutting a V-shaped trench or lockspit throughout the length of the widenings on the line of the proposed new river bank […]. — 1937 verb1 •to dig a such a trench formslockspited · lockspiting · lockspits
