Ditches

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; 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}.
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     2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
        the earth.
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