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Meanings of sunken road in English

We have no meanings for "sunken road" in our records yet.
Usage of sunken road in English
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The sunken road leading to the bridge had been a defensive measure.
The waste lands
2
Hansell, and Y Company, in reserve in a sunken road, under 2nd Lieuts.
The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry / Fran...
3
The same thoughts follow one along the sunken road to Contalmaison.
Towards the Goal
4
It was up there around la Moncelle, in a sunken road.
The Downfall
5
I passed Pozières and turned down the sunken road towards Courcelette.
The Great War As I Saw It
6
When I got to the sunken road above Inchy I found that No.
The Great War As I Saw It
7
With wild yells both parties charged downwards into the sunken road.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 11, 1917
8
A sunken road lay across the field over which they rushed.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
9
Well, I was sorry I hadn't died that night in the sunken road.
Rainbow's End
10
But just over the crest, near a sunken road, was a single 18-pdr.
Pushed and the Return Push
11
We walked along a sunken road and then to a barn in open fields.
Now It Can Be Told
12
Practically the sunken road which dished the Cuirassiers at Waterloo.
Mike
13
The sunken road we were occupying led towards the red-brick, modern-looking village of Templeux-le-Guerard.
Pushed and the Return Push
14
A sunken road crossed the field over which they marched.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
15
What's that about the French riding into the sunken road?
The Tree of Appomattox
16
That night the Boche rained gas shells all round our quarters in the sunken road.
Pushed and the Return Push
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