Definitions
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
Word origin
From Middle English mote, from Old French mote (“mound, embankment”); compared also to Old French motte (“hillock, lump, clod, turf”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mut- (“dark, dirty”).
Used in a sentence
“No matter how good your company's product is or how quickly the industry is growing, if there is no moat, competitors will invade your castle and burn it down.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Castle ditch”4 letters
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