fosse
noun
a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
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fosse
1 American
[fos, faws]
/ fɒs, fɔs /
Or
foss
noun
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a moat or defensive ditch in a fortification, usually filled with water.
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any ditch, trench, or canal.
Fosse
2
American
[fos-ee]
/ ˈfɒs i /
noun
fosse
British
/ fɒs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of fosse
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin fossa fossa 1
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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
The great fosse by which it was once surrounded is entirely obliterated save on the west side, where it is nearly twenty feet in depth.
From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by T. O. Russell
This fort contained thirty-three guns; had four bastions, and was defended by a dry fosse cut in the rocks.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
Warton, in his Account of Kiddington, Oxon, p. 62., edition 1815, observes that Stukeley describes a fosse called Grimsditch, near Ditchley House, between Stunsfield and Chipping Norton, the vallum of which was eastward.
He’s also interested in directing a musical in the vein of Bob Fosse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those two pillars — the Fosse and Harpman — allowed the Levys to open their office in Oakland in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Of the other privately run category C prisons in England we received data for, units were called eight times to Oakwood and three times to both Fosse Way and Northumberland.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Queerness is an indelible feature of our species, Fosse indicates through his visual device.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025
As directed by Bob Fosse on Broadway, the dancing was raucous, and the themes—Pippin’s relationships with multiple women, his struggles with authority and the church—were overtly presented.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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