van-fossen.

Forms: Also van-foss.

Etymology: < French avant-fossé, after vanguard n., etc., and fosse n.¹

Military.

(See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > ditch

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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Van-Fosse, a Ditch dug without the Counterscarp, and running all along the Glacis; usually full of Water.

1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 304 Van foss, avant-fossé.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Van~fosse, a wet ditch at the outer foot of the glacis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	van-fosse
释义	van-fossen. Forms: Also van-foss. Etymology: < French avant-fossé, after vanguard n., etc., and fosse n.¹ Military. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > ditch dike847 ditch1045 graff1637 cuvette1678 cunette1688 coupure1710 van-fosse1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Van-Fosse, a Ditch dug without the Counterscarp, and running all along the Glacis; usually full of Water. 1852 R. Burn Naval & Mil. Techn. Dict. French Lang. (ed. 2) ii. 304 Van foss, avant-fossé. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Van~fosse, a wet ditch at the outer foot of the glacis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1728
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