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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fosse \Fosse\, n. [F., fr L. fossa, fr fodere fossum, to dig.] 1. (Fort.) A ditch or moat. 2. (Anat.) See {Fossa}. {Fosse road}. See {Fosseway}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fosse n : a ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: {moat}]
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