Definition of ditch

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Ditch (n.) 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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Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Vanfess :: Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water..
Graffage :: Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.
Landmark :: Landmark (n.) A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved..
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land..
Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Fosse :: Fosse (n.) A ditch or moat.
Rhine :: Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.
Diker :: Diker (n.) A ditcher.
Trencher :: Trencher (v. t.) One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches..
Sow :: Sow (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like..
Relais :: Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch..
Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city, as at a gate or bridge. It was often large and strong, having a ditch and drawbridge of its own..
Postern :: Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks..
Navigator :: Navigator (n.) One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator..
Goudron :: Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth..
Hylodes :: Hylodes (n.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes..
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