Definition of ditch

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Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side..

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Escalade :: Escalade (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart..
Escarp :: Escarp (n.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp..
Rhine :: Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it..
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..
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land..
Ditches :: Ditches (pl. ) of Ditc.
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.
Ditched :: Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditc.
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..
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..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..
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..
Ditching :: Ditching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ditc.
Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
Delf :: Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.
Assibilation :: Assibilation (n.) Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch..
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..
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..
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