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Moat
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Moate
To void the excrement as a bird to mute
Rundel
A moat with water in it also a small stream a runlet
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Cunette
A drain trench in a ditch or moat called also cuvette
Ditch
for preventing an approach to a town or fortress In the latter sense it is called also a moat or a fosse
Fosse
A ditch or moat
Graffage
The scarp of a ditch or moat
Pontvolant
kind of light bridge used in sieges for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat a flying bridge
Disclaimer
distinct ground of forfeiture of the lease or other tenancy, whether of land or tithe. See Vivian v. Moat, (1878) 16 Ch D 730, in which Fry, J., held landlords entitled to eject tenants without notice to
Fossagium
Fossagium, the duty levied on the inhabitants for repairing the moat or ditch round a fortified town.
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