“fossé”的英英意思

单词	fossé
释义	‖ fossé|fose| Also anglicized forms 8 faussee, fossée, -ee; and Sc. fowsie. [F. fossé:—late L. fossātum, neut. pa. pple. of fossāre, freq. of fodĕre to dig.] A fosse, ditch, or sunk fence. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4470/3 In the Night we made the Descent of the Fossés of the Counterguard on the Right.1727S. Switzer Pract. Gard. ix. lxxvii. 366 The digging of the fossee round will go a great way in raising the ground.1761Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvii. 312 Having ordered Andelot..to drain the fossée, he commanded an assault.1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 175 The Orangery..is separated from the Lawn by a Faussee.1802C. James Milit. Dict., Fossé in fortification. See Ditch.

　

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