Definition of ditch

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Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side..

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Sillon :: Sillon (n.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it..
Graffage :: Graffage (n.) The scarp of a ditch or moat.
Delve :: Delve (v. t.) A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it..
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side..
Dich :: Dich (v. i.) To ditch.
Rhine :: Rhine (n.) A water course; a ditch.
Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..
Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
Ditches :: Ditches (pl. ) of Ditc.
Postern :: Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks..
Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..
Goudron :: Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts..
Sap :: Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc..
Leap :: Leap (v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth..
Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..
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..
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..
Scarp :: Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock..
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