Look up: moat

1. Moat
   A deep trench usually filled with water that surrounded a castle.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018
   
   
2. moat
   [n] - ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. Moat
   a ditch around an enclosure, either filled with water or dry
   Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.
   
   
4. moat
   Ditch, often filled with water, surrounding a building or garden, usually for defence. Some 5,000 moats exist in England alone, many dating from the 12th-13th centuries; some were built for...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
   
   
5. Moat
   A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water.
   Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k
   
   
6. Moat
   Moat noun [ Old French mote hill, dike, bank, French motte clod, turf: confer Spanish & Portuguese mota bank or mound of earth, Italian motta clod, Late Latin mota , motta , a hill on which a fort is built, an ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/84
   
   
7. Moat
   Moat transitive verb To surround with a moat. Dryden.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/84
   
   
8. moat
   fosse noun ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
9. Moat
   • (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch. • (v. t.) To surround with a moat.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
10. moat
    (from the article `castle`) ...of the sites they occupied, often varying greatly at different points of the site. The defense of the enceinte, or outer wall, of the castle was ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/104
    
    
11. moat
    water-filled ditch around the castle. A body of water around the castle
    Found on http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossa
    
    
12. Moat
    In fortifications a moat is a deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, often filled with water.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
    
    
13. Moat
    A `moat` is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices. In lat...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moat