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Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch..

Tenaillon :: Tenaillon (n.) A work constructed on each side of the ravelins, to increase their strength, procure additional ground beyond the ditch, or cover the shoulders of the bastions..

Diker :: Diker (n.) A ditcher.

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

Relais :: Relais (n.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch..

Ha-ha :: Ha-ha (n.) A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it..

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..

Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..

Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine..

Quickset :: Quickset (v. t.) To plant with living shrubs or trees for a hedge; as, to quickset a ditch..

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

Landmark :: Landmark (n.) A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it..

Escalade :: Escalade (v. t.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart..

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

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..

Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..

Ditched :: Ditched (imp. & p. p.) of Ditc.

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..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch; to intrench..

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