moat
/moʊt/ noun B2- A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
- A characteristic of a business that enhances its resilience against competitive pressures, arising from the inherent nature of its products, services, brand, or other structural advantages.
- A circular lowland between a resurgent dome and the walls of the caldera surrounding it.
- A clear ring outside the eyewall of a tropical cyclone.
Plural moats
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Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
“You mean that someone waded across the moat?”
“It’s all very well your saying that a man escaped by wading this moat, but what I ask you is, how did he ever get into the house at all if the bridge was up?”
Then he could hope when the deed was done to slip quickly from the window, to wade the moat, and to get away at his leisure.
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