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Moat Definition And Meaning
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.

Moat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Moat?

[n] ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

Synonyms | Synonyms for Moat: fosse

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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