| 单词 | fosse-work |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfosse-work fosse-work n. work undertaken to repair and maintain defensive ditches, esp. around a town. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > moat > [noun] > work done on fosse-work1708 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Fossatorum Operatio, Foss-work, or the Service formerly done by Inhabitants for repairing and maintaining the Ditches round a Town. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Foss-work. 1865 W. Chadwick tr. Writ in King John of Eng. xxii. 251 It is stated in their fine that they should not require from him [sc. the Earl of Leicester] nor from his men who are in his bailiwick, assistance for foss-work, or other works. 1930 W. A. Morris Constit. Hist. Eng. to 1216 38 Under King Offa there seems to have existed in Mercia another general obligation, that of doing fosse work against the king's Welsh enemies. < as lemmas |
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