Synonyms for moat

Grammar : Noun

Spell : moht

Phonetic Transcription : moʊt

Définition of moat

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French mote "mound, hillock, embankment; castle built on a hill" (12c.; Modern French motte), from Medieval Latin mota "mound, fortified height," of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish mutt, mutta. Sense shifted in Norman French from the castle mound to the ditch dug around it. As a verb, "to surround with a moat," early 15c.

noun ditch

Example sentences :

The rectory was often surrounded by a moat, with an entrance protected by a gatehouse.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Charley got me information about the fair, and the day before it, I set out for the Moat.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

I should have done better to go down to the Moat, and be silent.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

A moment later it rang home against the wall on my side of the moat.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

Me she had not seen, nor did she till I darted out of my ambush, and leapt after Rupert into the moat.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

If they searched the moat, indeed, my scheme must fail; but I did not think they would.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

But yonder, ahead of him, something black lay athwart the moat.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

A crimson splash of light fell on the moat on either side of him.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

This, with some efforts and more noise than Gonzaga relished, was thrust across the moat.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

The moat is none so distant, and the immersion may profit you.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

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