fosse
Example Sentences
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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
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
It is encompassed by a fosse in some places forty feet in depth, that descends sheer from the walls.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.
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
