Thesaurus entry: trench

Article: Home's "moat" to be filled in soon.(Local)
The Virginian Pilot;  May 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Byline: JOHN WARREN Robyn Gilbert calls the watery trench in the backyard next to hers a "moat," and it's a good description. Moat, ditch, trench ... whatever you call the thing, it looks like ...

Article: 'Moats' add might to investment returns
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  August 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... In the Middle Ages, moats were deep, water-filled trenches that encircled castles ... better. In 2007, moats are the competitive ... confidence. "Very few moats are impenetrable ... factors that provided the moat in the first place ...

Article: Henry VIII fishing basket turns up in the moat at the ...
The Independent - London;  April 9, 1997 ;     618 words ... ... protruding from the trench on Monday, the archaeologists ... can begin. The West Moat, the site of the find ... and has dug about 60 trenches around the Tower of ... the site of the West Moat is the biggest single trench dug so far. The fishing ...

Dictionary definition: moat
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture;      253 words ...moat. Large steep-sided trench around a town or building for defensive purposes, sometimes filled with water.

Article: Arts: Diggers probe for treasures of Tower moat
The Independent - London;  May 31, 1996 ;     587 words ... ... outside the walls. Yet the moat was filled in only in the ... the 11th century, and the moat 200 years later. Initially, three evaluation trenches have been dug, but by the ... the summer 18 points in the moat will have been investigated ...

Article: Crik: South Africa set for World Cup trench warfare
AAP Sports News (Australia);  August 14, 2002 ;     320 words ... ... South Africa set for World Cup trench warfare JOHANNESBURG, Aug 13 AFP - South Africa will dig moats around the twelve grounds to ... The decision to build the moats was taken nine months ago ... discredits the country. The moats, which will cost some $US70 ...

Article: Moat may be Israel's defense along the Gaza-Egypt border
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;  June 21, 2004 ;     566 words ... ... neighbors also applies to moats. Last week, Israel ... build a 2.5-mile long moat along the Gaza-Egypt ... insisted Sunday that the trench would not go ahead without ... multimillion-dollar moat. The Defense Ministry ... 2005. Yaron said the moat project "has many ramifications ...