moatnoun [ C ]
uk/məʊt/us/moʊt/a long, wide hole that is dug all the way around a place such as a castle and usually filled with water, to make it more difficult to attack
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Fortifications
- acropolis
- barricade
- bastion
- battlements
- castle
- citadel
- drawbridge
- earthwork
- enceinte
- entanglement
- fort
- fortress
- foxhole
- keep
- moated
- pillbox
- portcullis
- rampart
- stronghold
- turret
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