n. One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ごう, gou] (n) (1) (濠 is usu. filled with water, 壕 is usu. dry) moat; fosse; trench; ditch; (2) (壕 only) underground air-raid shelter; dugout; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fosse \Fosse\, n. [F., fr. L. fossa, fr. fodere, fossum, to
dig.]
1. (Fort.) A ditch or moat.
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2. (Anat.) See {Fossa}.
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{Fosse road}. See {Fosseway}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the
same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat}
or a {fosse}.
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2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fosse
n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
[syn: {moat}, {fosse}]
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