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"Moat" Definition

noun

A deep wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault.
A ditch similar to one surrounding a fortification: A moat separates the animals in the zoo from the spectators.
A deep and wide trench around the rampart of a fortified place (as a castle) that is usually filled with water.
A channel resembling a moat (as about a seamount or for confinement of animals in a zoo).

verb-transitive

To surround with or as if with a moat.

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