MOAT


Meaning of MOAT in English

/moht/ , n.

1. a deep, wide trench, usually 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.

[ 1325-75; ME mote ]

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