Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fosse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fosse
n : ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
[syn: {moat}]
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