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moat |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moat \Moat\, n. [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf Sp & Pg mota bank or mound of earth, It motta clod, LL mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. G. mott bog earth heaped up or perh. F. motte, and OF mote, are from a LL p. p. of L. movere to move (see {Move}). The name of moat, properly meaning, bank or mound, was transferred to the ditch adjoining: cf F. dike and ditch.] (Fort.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place sometimes filled with water; a ditch. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moat \Moat\, v. t. To surround with a moat. --Dryden. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moat n : a ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: {fosse}]
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