fosses in English

noun
1
a long narrow trench or excavation, especially in a fortification.
‘Almost looks like the fosses that surrounded the medieval castles,’ Emily reflected.
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1. Les Acarines des familles Epidermoptidae et Rhinonyssidae parasites des fosses nasales D'oiseaux au Ruanda - Urundi et au Congo Belge

2. En The barbarians meanwhile rushed down with their bands, now hurling at the entrenchments stones such as the hand could grasp, stakes with points hardened by fire, and boughs lopped from oaks; now filling up the fosses with bushes and hurdles and dead bodies, while others advanced up to the Breastwork with bridges and ladders which they had