Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA ditch or moat. · Alternative form of fossa.
From Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).
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