Found 3 items, similar to fosse.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: fosse
parit, selokan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fosse
fosse
n : ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
[syn:
moat]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: fosse
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.
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2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.
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