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Ditches :: Ditches (pl. ) of Ditc.

Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

Fosseway :: Fosseway (n.) One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth..

Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..

Diker :: Diker (n.) A ditcher.

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

Navigator :: Navigator (n.) One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator..

Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..

Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

Dike :: Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.

Ditch :: Ditch (v. i.) To dig a ditch or ditches.

Fort :: Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification..

Sow :: Sow (n.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like..

Scarp :: Scarp (n.) The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

Intrenchment :: Intrenchment (n.) Any defensive work consisting of at least a trench or ditch and a parapet made from the earth thrown up in making such a ditch.

Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch.

Vanfess :: Vanfess (n.) A ditch on the outside of the counterscarp, usually full of water..

Ditcher :: Ditcher (n.) One who digs ditches.

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