Question: How did the ditch, the median, between the freeway lanes, or for that matter, ditches on other roads get to be called "barrow pits?" A highway patrolman said it really is "borrow" pit, as in ...

Do you call the ditch that runs along the side of the road a borrow pit or a barrow pit?… Fellow hayseeds, it's borrow pit … Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary defines it as "an excavated area where ...