fossé

fossé englanniksi

1. fosse

1. A fosse or ditch. (defdate)

2. 1792, (w), in Danziger & Brady (eds.), ''Boswell: The Great Biographer'' (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 165:

The Major then went with me and Euphemia (Victoria staying at the inn) and showed us what is called the ''Ditch'', being the fossé and ruinous banks of the old castle (..).

3. (quote-book)|title=Desmond|publisher=Broadview|year_published=2001|page=146

4. ditch; trench; moat

5. slope, embankment

6. trench; ditch