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Synonyms for fosse

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fos, faws
Phonetic Transcription : fɒs, fɔs

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Définition of fosse

Origin :
  • early 14c. (late 13c. in place names), "ditch, trench," mid-15c., from Old French fosse "ditch, grave, dungeon" (12c.), from Latin fossa "ditch," in full fossa terra, literally "dug earth," from fem. past participle of fodere "to dig" (see fossil).
  • The Fosse-way (early 12c.), one of the four great Roman roads of Britain, probably was so called from the ditch on either side of it.
  • As in moat : noun ditch
  • As in trench : noun ditch, channel dug in earth
  • As in gutter : noun ditch
Example sentences :
  • Until he, Ercwlf, Descended into the fosse of the rampart, And was covered with sand.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • He leaped from the wall into the fosse, a height of thirty feet and upwards.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Then she returned, took her banner, and stood on the brink of the fosse.
  • Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various
  • Standard in hand, the Maid leaped into the fosse near the pig market.
  • Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various
  • The Count is at this moment cooling his heels in the fosse cell.
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • He looked over the railing of the fosse to find the old silence undisturbed.
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • He said that he was a de la Fosse and that he would not be married at the sword-point.
  • Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Up he jumped, ran up the rampart, and then down again into the fosse.
  • Extract from : « Wood Magic » by Richard Jefferies
  • The inner rampart rises at times to over 50 feet above the fosse.
  • Extract from : « British Castles » by Charles H. Ashdown
  • The walls are surrounded by a fosse, which is still supplied by the Ophis.
  • Extract from : « Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) » by Charles Bucke
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