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The New International Encyclopædia/Moat

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MOAT (OF. mote, embankment, from ML. mota, mound, embankment, ditch, castle; probably connected ultimately with Bavarian mott, peat, Swiss mutte, turf). The ditch round the ramparts of a fortress. See Fortification; Castle.