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21Moat — A Body of water surrounding the outer wall of a castle. It was often around 5 to 15 feet deep and it was sometimes within the outer wall between the outer wall and the inner wall. The primary purpose of the moat wasn t to stop attackers it was to …
22moat — UK [məʊt] / US [moʊt] noun [countable] Word forms moat : singular moat plural moats a) a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, that surrounds a castle as protection against attack b) a hole like a moat used in a zoo for preventing animals… …
23moat — noun Etymology: Middle English mote, from Anglo French mote, motte mound, moat Date: 14th century 1. a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (as a castle) that is usually filled with water 2. a channel resembling a moat (as …
24Moat — One of the most familiar features of a castle s defences: a ditch filled with water which surrounded the building. They were often stocked with fish, a source of fresh food in winter; perhaps also ducks and swans. (However, the *garderobe would… …
25moat — /moʊt / (say moht) noun 1. a deep, wide trench surrounding a fortified place, as a town or a castle, usually filled with water. –verb (t) 2. to surround with, or as with, a moat. {Middle English mote moat, (earlier) mound, from Old French: mound …
26moat — 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… …
27moat — [14] The word moat originally meant a ‘mound’ or ‘embankment’ (this has since been hived off into the specialized form motte). The word was borrowed from Old French mote or motte ‘hill, mound’, whose ultimate source was probably a Gaulish mutt or …
28moat — [[t]mo͟ʊt[/t]] moats N COUNT A moat is a deep, wide channel dug round a place such as a castle and filled with water, in order to protect the place from attack …
29moat sediments — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A general term for sedimentary deposits that occur between the tographic walls and the resurgent central cores of the calderas. In felsic caldera systems, moat sediments are commonly intruded by, and associated with,… …
30moat — noun a deep, wide defensive ditch surrounding a castle or town, typically filled with water. verb [often as adjective moated] surround with a moat. Origin ME: from OFr. mote mound …
