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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: moat, fosse]

Merriam Webster's

or foss noun Etymology: Middle English fosse, from Anglo-French, from Latin fossa, from feminine of fossus Date: 15th century ditch, moat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a long narrow trench or excavation, esp. in a fortification. 2 Anat. = FOSSA. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L fossa: see FOSSA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Fort.) Ditch, moat, graff.

Moby Thesaurus

abri, approach trench, aqueduct, bunker, canal, canalization, channel, communication trench, countermine, coupure, crimp, cut, dike, ditch, double sap, dugout, entrenchment, fire trench, flying sap, fortified tunnel, foxhole, gallery, goffer, gutter, ha-ha, kennel, mine, moat, parallel, pleat, sap, slit trench, sunk fence, trench, trough, tunnel