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Batardeau :: Batardeau (n.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall..

Fascine :: Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc..

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..

Underditch :: Underditch (v. t.) To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm..

Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..

Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..

Grip :: Grip (n.) A small ditch or furrow.

Fosse :: Fosse (n.) A ditch or moat.

Quickset :: Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch..

Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

Catchwater :: Catchwater (n.) A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..

Dike :: Dike (n.) A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

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..

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc..

Lade :: Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

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..

Delf :: Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

Ditches :: Ditches (pl. ) of Ditc.

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