well-scarred

Updated: May 1, 2025

Just above the station many rocks have pushed their heads out through the turf as though they, like the children, were interested in the railway. In a little hollow between three rocks lay a heap of dried brambles and heather. Peter halted, turned over the brushwood with a well-scarred boot, and said: "Here's the first coal from the St. Peter's Mine. We'll take it home in the chariot.

E. (Edith) Nesbit - The Railway Children