moat
21moat — noun a deep, wide defensive ditch surrounding a castle or town, typically filled with water. verb [often as adjective moated] surround with a moat. Origin ME: from OFr. mote mound …
22Moat — Sp Moãtas Ap Moat L sąs. tarp Ugnies Žemės ir Piktono s., P Čilė …
23moat — [[t]moʊt[/t]] n. 1) a deep, wide trench, usu. filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle 2) any similar trench, as one used for confining animals in a zoo • Etymology: 1325–75; ME mote mound, hill,… …
24Moat — A deep trench dug around the outside of a castle wall to make access to the wall more difficult. The moat could be dry or filled with water …
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25moat — [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 …
26moat — n. & v. n. a deep defensive ditch round a castle, town, etc., usu. filled with water. v.tr. surround with or as with a moat. Etymology: ME mot(e) f. OF mote, motte mound …
27Moat Mount Open Space and Mote End Farm — Moat Mount Open Space is a Local Nature Reserve, Borough Grade II, in Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet. The site is an extensive area bounded by Barnet Way, Barnet Road and Hendon Wood Lane. It includes Barnet Gate Wood and Scratchwood… …
28Moat Community College — Motto Maximising Our Achievements Together Established 1980 Type Comprehensive Principal …
29Moat House, Sutton Coldfield — Moat House General information Type House Architectural style Jacobean Location Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England Coordinates …
30Moat Lane Junction — was a railway junction in Montgomeryshire near to the village of Caersws in mid Wales. It was the junction where the Newtown and Machynlleth railway opened in 1863 diverged from the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway which opened four years earlier.… …
