fosse

• Sustantivo que designa una zanja o foso, especialmente el excavado como fortificación y generalmente lleno de agua.

A noun referring to a ditch or trench, especially one dug as a fortification and typically filled with water.

1. Fortification ditchC1formal

   A long, narrow trench dug around a castle or fortification, often filled with water, to serve as a defensive barrier.

   Foso defensivo

   • The castle was surrounded by a deep fosse to deter attackers.
   • Medieval engineers designed the fosse to be wide and steep.
   • The fosse was filled with water from the nearby river.

   Sinónimosditchmoattrench