fosse
Castle's protective ditch
A fosse is a ditch or trench, especially one filled with water surrounding a fortification.
The word appears mostly in historical and archaeological contexts: The castle's fosse provided a first line of defense.
In anatomy, fossa (the Latin form) names various depressions or hollows in bones.
Shallow excavated channel
- moatDefensive water ditch
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- rampartFortified defensive wall
embankment · excavation · parapet · palisade · entrenchment · barbican · bailey · motte
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- sedimentsParticles that settle below
neolithic · prehistoric · settlements · burials · earthwork · enclosure · hillfort · geophysics
ditch
Shallow excavated channel
rampart · embankment · excavation · parapet · palisade · entrenchment · barbican · bailey · motte · gatehouse
excavation
Act of unearthing
- digUnearth by shoveling
- siteDesignated location
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
sediments · neolithic · prehistoric · settlements · burials · earthwork · enclosure · hillfort · geophysics · fieldwork
Cabaret
Entertainment venue with performances
cane · slouch · isolation · sensuality · minimalism · precision · stylized
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- fossil fuelsCombustible prehistoric organic deposits
- fossil discoveryLocating preserved ancient organisms
- fossil huntersThose seeking petrified remains
- fossil recordRemains documenting prehistoric life
- fossil huntingSeeking preserved ancient organisms
- living fossilOrganism unchanged since prehistory