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Ditch Dug To Protect A Castle Crossword Clue

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noun

• ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

41%8Dug or repaired a ditch
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36%6Ditch dug as fortification
noun

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

verb

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

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