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A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.

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  1. n. A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
  2. v. t. To surround with a moat.
  3. n. ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
  4. A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch. To surround with a moat. Dryden.
  5. A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortifiedplace, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
  6. n:100 n. ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water