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11MOAT — Meaning af a Tag MOAT ou Meaning Of A Tag est un système permettant de préciser la signification des tags utilisés pour catégoriser des contenus en les associant à l URI d une ressource. C est un projet qui a été créé par Alexandre Passant dans… …
12Moat — Recorded in many forms including: Moat, Moatt, Mott, Motte and Mote this is an English and sometimes Scottish, surname. However spelt it originates from the pre 7th century Old English word mote , meaning a moat, a wide channel constructed to act …
13Moat — A Body of water surrounding the outer wall of a castle. It was often around 5 to 15 feet deep and it was sometimes within the outer wall between the outer wall and the inner wall. The primary purpose of the moat wasn t to stop attackers it was to …
14moat — UK [məʊt] / US [moʊt] noun [countable] Word forms moat : singular moat plural moats a) a deep wide hole, usually filled with water, that surrounds a castle as protection against attack b) a hole like a moat used in a zoo for preventing animals… …
15moat — noun Etymology: Middle English mote, from Anglo French mote, motte mound, moat Date: 14th century 1. a deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (as a castle) that is usually filled with water 2. a channel resembling a moat (as …
16Moat — One of the most familiar features of a castle s defences: a ditch filled with water which surrounded the building. They were often stocked with fish, a source of fresh food in winter; perhaps also ducks and swans. (However, the *garderobe would… …
17moat — /moʊt / (say moht) noun 1. a deep, wide trench surrounding a fortified place, as a town or a castle, usually filled with water. –verb (t) 2. to surround with, or as with, a moat. {Middle English mote moat, (earlier) mound, from Old French: mound …
18moat — 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… …
19moat — [14] The word moat originally meant a ‘mound’ or ‘embankment’ (this has since been hived off into the specialized form motte). The word was borrowed from Old French mote or motte ‘hill, mound’, whose ultimate source was probably a Gaulish mutt or …
20moat — [[t]mo͟ʊt[/t]] moats N COUNT A moat is a deep, wide channel dug round a place such as a castle and filled with water, in order to protect the place from attack …
