fosse
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fosse 
[fos, faws] Pronunciation Key
[fos, faws] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water. |
| 2. | any ditch, trench, or canal. |
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Fos·se [fos-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
| Robert Louis (Bob), 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director. |
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| fosse also foss
(fŏs) Pronunciation Key
n. A ditch or moat. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fossa; see fossa.] |
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| Fos·se
(fŏs'ē) Pronunciation Key
American choreographer and director of Broadway and motion-picture productions, including Cabaret (1972), for which he won an Academy Award. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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fosse
"ditch, trench," 1440, from O.Fr. fosse, from L. fossa "ditch," in full fossa terra, lit. "dug earth," from fem. pp. of fodere "to dig" (see fossil). The Fosse-way, one of the four great Roman roads of Britain, probably was so called from the ditch on either side of it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| fosse | |
noun | |
| ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: moat] |
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fosse
Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse. 2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
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