From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fosse \Fosse\, noun [F., fr. L. fossa, fr. fodere, fossum, to dig.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), noun; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat} or a {fosse}.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water [syn: {moat}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "fosse": abri, approach trench, aqueduct, bunker, canal, canalization, channel, communication trench, countermine, coupure, crimp, cut, dike, ditch, double sap, dugout, entrenchment, fire trench, flying sap, fortified tunnel, foxhole, gallery, goffer, gutter, ha-ha, kennel, mine, moat, parallel, pleat, sap, slit trench, sunk fence, trench, trough, tunnel
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