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fossés

fossés is the plural of fossé.

Meaning of fossé

Noun

fossé (plural fossés)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A fosse or ditch.
    • —The best engineers call them gazons, Trim, said my uncle Toby.—Whether they are gazons or sods, is not much matter, replied Trim; your Honour knows they are ten times beyond a facing either of brick or stone.——I know they are, Trim in some respects,——quoth my uncle Toby, nodding his head;—for a...1659, Laurence Sterne, chapter XXX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Questions about fossés

What is fossés the plural of?
Fossés is the plural of fossé.

Words near fossés in the dictionary

  1. fossway
  2. fossways
  3. fossy
  4. fossæ
  5. fossé
  6. fossés
  7. FOSTA
  8. fostamatinib
  9. Fostat
  10. fostemsavir
  11. foster

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