noun
- a deep, wide ditch filled with water that surrounds a castle or fortified building as a defense
verb
- to surround with or as if with a moat
Usage: rare
Examples
- The medieval castle was protected by a deep moat filled with water.
- Knights had to cross the moat on a drawbridge to enter the fortress.
- The old moat around the tower has been dry for centuries.
- Fish now swim in the castle’s ancient moat.
- The defensive moat made it nearly impossible for enemies to approach the walls.
- They discovered artifacts at the bottom of the drained moat.