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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Moat

/mōt/ · IPA /moʊt/
01 n. A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.
  1. 1.
    A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.(Fort.)
02 v. t. To surround with a moat.
  1. 1.
    To surround with a moat.