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Another word for moat

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Noun
      1. (Obs.) Plowed land
      2. A long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.
      3. A rut, groove, or narrow depression:
      1. An artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation
      2. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
      3. A river artificially improved by locks, levees, etc. to permit navigation
      1. A ditch or moat, esp. one used in fortifications
      2. A ditch or moat.
      1. Alternative form of deech.
      2. A long narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground, as for irrigation, drainage, or a boundary line.
    See also:

    trench

    channel

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Sentence Examples

  • Traces of the moat and the foundations are still to be seen in Priory Close.

  • But this practice was discontinued in 1852 and the moat was filled with earth in 1905.

  • In plan it is a triangle, protected by a double moat, and has round towers at the angles.

  • The inner city, including the business quarter, is contained almost entirely between the river and the Rosenlunds canal, continued in the Vallgraf, the moat of the old fortifications; and is crossed by the Storahamn, Ostrahamn and Vestrahamn canals.

  • Each of these canals marks the line of the city walls and moat at different periods.

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