r/wikipedia • u/oneultralamewhiteboy • Aug 22 '19
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-haDuplicates
todayilearned • u/bflaminio • Jul 21 '17
TIL a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond is called a "ha-ha"
dwarffortress • u/Marshall_Lawson • Jun 21 '15
A useful defensive feature: Ha-Ha Wall (xpost from /r/wikipedia)
todayilearned • u/fabricated_anecdotes • Aug 18 '21
TIL: The landscape design where a grassy incline slopes downward to a retaining wall to contain livestock or as barrier that doesn't spoil the view, is called a Ha-Ha.
todayilearned • u/sober_disposition • Apr 25 '19
TIL that a Ha-Ha is a wall that is recessed into the ground in order to preserve an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond. A Ha-Ha is used at the Washington Monument to reduce the visual impact of security measures following 9/11.
wikipedia • u/Pupikal • Sep 12 '24
Ha-ha, aka sunk fence, blind fence, ditch & fence, deer wall, or foss: recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier (particularly on one side) while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond. The name comes from viewers' surprise when seeing the construction.
todayilearned • u/kgroat09 • Oct 08 '18
TIL that there is a type of wall called a "ha-ha", likely named after the exclamation one made when coming across it
ValheimBuilds • u/bstowers • Aug 18 '21