I thought based on the Oxford's rendering 'dike' that it meant an older style, the kind the Dutch boy stuck his finger in. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.] Reference
One of them, lying on the western side of the valley where it opens into Glen Spean, is crossed by a trap-dike. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
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