fosse

Example Sentences

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There was a road paved with white stone running on the outer brink of the fosse.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Beyond it was a deep fosse lost in soft shadow, but the grass upon its brink was green, as if it glowed still in memory of the sun that had gone.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

When they were all three in the fosse, the moon was obscured and a little rain fell.

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Ulfeldt, Leonora Christina

Huge heaps of the ruined walls, some of them tons in weight, have been tumbled into the deep fosse that surrounds the castle, but they are still almost as solid as rocks.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

The order was instantly obeyed, and the door afloat in the fosse, and springing upon it, he impelled himself with a pike towards the opposite bank.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison