deep ditch

collocation in English

meaningsofdeepandditch

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deep
adjective
uk
/diːp/us
/diːp/
going or being a long way down from the top or surface, or being of a particular distance from the top to ...
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ditch
noun[C]
uk
/dɪtʃ/us
/dɪtʃ/
a long, narrow open hole that is dug into the ground, usually at the side of a road or field, used especially for supplying or removing water or for ...
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(Definition ofdeepandditchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I fell into adeepditchand might have been there all night only a van had taken the wrong lane and found me.
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Additionally, adeepditchmarks the east side of the site core, formed by redirecting a natural watercourse.
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The motte today is 13.5m wide, up to 7.5m high and is surrounded by a 1.25mdeepditch.
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A great enclosure was roped off of square shape, and this was surrounded by adeepditch.
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Thedeepditchexcavated has survived to the present day.
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There is an additional rampart 30m ft to the west, with adeepditch.
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The fort is situated on a hillock and surrounded bydeepditchto protect it.
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The line was not fenced - where it crossed between fields it was carried on girders over adeepditchto prevent cattle straying.
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It had nine gates and was surrounded by a broaddeepditch.
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On its landward side, it was protected by adeepditch, and on the seaward side by a counter-scarp gallery.
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It is surrounded by a 10m ft wide and 6m ftdeepditchdug into the sandstone.
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Once they had arrived they surrounded the fort on all sides but were not equipped to storm thedeepditchand the wall above it.
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Inside the bank is a small platform 6 m in diameter surrounded by a 1 mdeepditchcrossed by several causeways.
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She was surrounded with robust bulwarks and with a ratherdeepditch.
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It consists of a surrounding rampart with numerous bastions, faced by adeepditchand glacis.
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A total of 100000m3 cuyd was moved along with the canalization of adeepditch68m ft long.
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They are surrounded by adeepditch, and the defences consist of small round-towers connected by curtains.
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Adeepditch, 4 m wide, perpendicular to the road, separated the residential space from the public space.
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The park was surrounded by adeepditch, to keep the animals in, and beyond that, a high fence to keep the general population out.
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Continuing w. of the gate, a now cut-off section of former wall survives above a section ofdeepditch.
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