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fosse, foss [fɒs] n
(Military / Fortifications) a ditch or moat, esp one dug as a fortification [from Old French, from Latin fossa; see fossa1] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At length, branching off from Solomon's Great Road, we came to the wide fosse surrounding the kraal, which is at least a mile round, and fenced with a strong palisade of piles formed of the trunks of trees. They were encamped in tents, constructed of the old sails and spare spars of the squadron, within the limits of a redoubt mounted with a few nine-pounders, and surrounded with a fosse. But, in the vicinity of the gate of Benjamin, the wall arose by no means from the margin of the fosse. |
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