GRIKE

Grike

Grike is a hill in the west of the English Lake District, near Ennerdale Water. It is part of the Lank Rigg group, the most westerly Wainwright as the fells diminish toward the coastal plain. It can be climbed from Kinniside or Ennerdale Bridge.

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grike

Noun

  1. A deep cleft formed in limestone surfaces due to water erosion; providing a unique habitat for plants
    • 1922: He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike. — James Joyce, Ulysses
    • 1973: The Crag is a sort of crag-shaped feature of limestone, rich in minerals and seamed with crevasses or ‘grikes’ as they call them hereabouts. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 157)


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