Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SNAB, n.3 A coping for a dry-stone dyke, in which triangular stones were placed so that their points jutted upwards. Comb. snab-work, id.Sc. 1799 Prize Essays Highl. Soc. 92:
The points of the snab, with which they are coped.Sc. 1814 J. Sinclair Agric. Scot. I. 328:
A common Galloway dike, or dry stonewall, five feet high, with a snab-work or open built top.
