key-rock

Updated: July 1, 2025

But the other hand clenched the bole, and to a loud cheer, which Pierre prompted, Macavoy drew himself up. After that they could not see him. He alone was studying the situation. He found the key-rock to the dyked slide of earth. To loosen it was to divert the slide away, or partly away, from the little house.

Gilbert Parker - Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People"

But the other hand clenched the bole, and to a loud cheer, which Pierre prompted, Macavoy drew himself up. After that they could not see him. He alone was studying the situation. He found the key-rock to the dyked slide of earth. To loosen it was to divert the slide away, or partly away, from the little house.

Gilbert Parker - Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People", v1