spetchel

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /speˈt͡ʃl/ === Noun === spetchel (plural spetchels) (North English) A levee or dike made from stones laid in horizontal rows with a bed of thin turf between each of them. === References === Levee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia A glossary of North Country Words, with their etymology, and affinity to other languages, third edition, volume 2 (of 2), by John Trotter Brockett and William Edward Brockett, 1846, p. 152 (books.google) Newcastle & the North C19/1: Brockett's 'North Country Words' Wright, Joseph (1904), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 660