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Webster 1913 Edition
Moat
Moat
,Noun.
[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.
Moat
,Verb.
T.
To surround with a moat.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moat
MOAT
,Noun.
MOAT
,Verb.
T.