moat

moat  (mt)

n.

1. A deep wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault.

2. A ditch similar to one surrounding a fortification: A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators.

tr.v. moat·ed, moat·ing, moats

To surround with or as if with a moat.

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[Middle English mote, mound, moat, from Old French, mound, or Medieval Latin mota.]

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moat [məʊt]

n

(Military / Fortifications) a wide water-filled ditch surrounding a fortified place, such as a castle

vb

(Military / Fortifications) (tr) to surround with or as if with a moat a moated grange

[from Old French motte mound]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

moat - ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water fosse trench - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

Translations

moat [məʊt] N → foso m

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moat [ˈməʊt] n [castle] → douves fpl

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moat

n → Wassergraben m; (of castle also) → Burggraben m

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moat [məʊt] n → fossato

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moat [məʊt] n → fossato

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moat

n moat [məut]

a deep ditch, dug round a castle etc, usually filled with water. grag خَنْدَق مَمْلوء بِالماء ров příkop voldgrav der Burggraben τάφρος foso vallikraav خاکریز vallihauta fossés תְּעָלַת מָגֵן खाई jarak várárok parit di sekitar kastil virkisgröf, kastaladíki fossato, fosso 堀 (성이나 도시 주위의) 호, 해자(垓字) gynybinis griovys []grāvis parit gracht vollgrav fosa fosso şanţ (cu apă) ров priekopa trdnjavski jarek jarak s vodom vallgrav คูน้ำรอบปราสาทหรือเมือง kale hendeği 護城河 рів خندق hào 护城河

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moat → خَنْدَق مائي hradní příkop voldgrav Wassergraben τάφρος φρουρίου foso vallihauta douves opkop fosso 濠 호 gracht vollgrav fosa fosso ров (с водой) vallgrav คูน้ำรอบปราสาทหรือเมือง hendek hào 护城河