Moat : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Moat	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Moat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
moat n ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water Synonym(s): moat, fosse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moat \Moat\, v. t. To surround with a moat. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moat \Moat\, n. [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf. Sp. & Pg. mota bank or mound of earth, It. motta clod, LL. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. G. mott bog earth heaped up; or perh. F. motte, and OF. mote, are from a LL. p. p. of L. movere to move (see {Move}). The name of moat, properly meaning, bank or mound, was transferred to the ditch adjoining: cf. F. dike and ditch.] (Fort.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
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.