Definition of ditch

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Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.

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Dike :: Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..
Fort :: Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification..
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..
Vanfess :: Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water..
Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..
Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.
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..
Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..
Diker :: Diker (n.) A ditcher.
Ha-ha :: Ha-ha (n.) A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it..
Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
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.
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..
Ditcher :: Ditcher (n.) One who digs ditches.
Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..
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..
Ditching :: Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditc.
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