About The Word Moat
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Moat
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What's The Definition Of Moat?
[n] ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Synonyms | Synonyms for Moat: fosse Related Terms | Find terms related to Moat: abri | abysm | abyss | approach trench | aqueduct | arch dam | arroyo | backstop | bamboo curtain | bank | bar | barrage | barrier | bear-trap dam | beaver dam | boom | box canyon | breach | break | breakwater | breastwork | brick wall | buffer | bulkhead | bulwark | bunker | canal | canalization | canyon | cavity | channel | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | cleft | cleuch | clough | cofferdam | col | communication trench | coulee | couloir | countermine | coupure | crack | cranny | crevasse | crevice | crimp | cut | cwm | dam | defense | defile | dell | dike | ditch | donga | double sap | draw | dugout | earthwork | embankment | entrenchment | excavation | fault | fence | fire trench | fissure | flaw | flume | flying sap | fortified tunnel | fosse | foxhole | fracture | furrow | gallery | gap | gape | gash | gate | goffer | gorge | gravity dam | groin | groove | gulch | gulf | gully | gutter | ha-ha | hole | hydraulic-fill dam | incision | iron curtain | jam | jetty | joint | kennel | kloof | leak | leaping weir | levee | logjam | milldam | mine | mole | mound | notch | nullah | opening | parallel | parapet | pass | passage | pleat | portcullis | rampart | ravine | rent | rift | rime | roadblock | rock-fill dam | rupture | sap | scissure | seam | seawall | shutter dam | slit | slit trench | slot | split | stone wall | sunk fence | trench | trough | tunnel | valley | void | wadi | wall | weir | wicket dam | work See Also | trench Moat In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Moat\, v. t. To surround with a moat. --Dryden. |
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