What is a trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire called?
coffer — (Fort.) A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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