sandridge
A ridge or bank of sand; sandbank.
On the other side, under the lee of the sand-ridge, which was their usual point of separation, he endured for some moments the beard-raspings of indecision, frowning about the landscape and down at Cora.
Where it comes from
From Middle English *sandrygge, from Old English sandhryċġ (“a sandbank”), equivalent to sand + ridge. Cognate with West Frisian sânrêch, Dutch zandrug, German Sandrücken.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sandridge (CC BY-SA 4.0).