moats in English

noun
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a deep, wide ditch surrounding a castle, fort, or town, typically filled with water and intended as a defense against attack.
Its present appearance, a picturesque ruin surrounded by a wide moat full of water lilies, masks its serious military purpose.
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1. Low cunning with moats Adult weevils are difficult to eradicate.

2. GOATS, MOATS, VOTES, CONNOTES, EVERYTHING RHYMES WITH HONEY Bunches OF OATS

3. You’ve heard of moats and drawbridges, but "Barbicans" may be unfamiliar

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5. Where the castles are made of gingerbread, and the moats are filled with blackberry wine.

6. These have been used to clear destroyed vehicles from roads, dig moats, erect earthen-barriers, and construct field fortifications.

7. Krak des Chevaliers' original defences included two moats, an outer castle and inner castle, much of which still stands

8. Surrounding and protecting your castle are new Barbicans and Moats, making every room inside the castle even more valuable.

9. However, once the treaty was agreed, Tokugawa filled the castle's outer moats with sand so his troops could walk across.

10. Otmoor and Hatfield Chase are both encircled by moats of ditches, crossed in the case of Hatfield by only one bridge.

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12. However, many Medieval castles shared similar features – defensive Barbicans and deep moats, with a kitchen and a great hall; and a Keep (or donjon) at their heart

13. The army also included "3,000 machines flinging heavy incendiary arrows, 300 catapults, 700 mangonels to discharge pots filled with naphtha, 4,000 storming-ladders, and 2,500 sacks of earth for filling up moats".

14. Around 25 km south of Chiang Mai, it was constructed in the shape of a conch shell, following the Khuang River on its east side and divided by moats at the remaining points of the compass.

15. Known as 'De Wallen' (the walls) in Dutch, because the canals were once part of the city defences (walls and moats). Prostitution itself is limited to certain streets, mainly side streets and alleys, but the district is considered to include the canals, and some adjoining streets (such as Warmoesstraat and Zeedijk).

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17. His residence stands on a lofty eminence, protected by a larger fortress than is found in half of Spain, which is well defended by walls, Barbacans and moats; on the summit of this high ground there is a population of five or six thousand, dwelling in good houses, and a somewhat richer people than those who inhabit the valley below.