fossé
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fossé (plural fossés)
- (obsolete, chiefly Scotland) A fosse or ditch. [17th–19th c.]
- 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 165:
- The Major then went with me and Euphemia (Victoria staying at the inn) and showed us what is called the Ditch, being the fossé and ruinous banks of the old castle […] .
- 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 146:
- I saw him tied up between two boards, by way of the coffin, which was to be provided by contract; and deposited in the fossé that surrounded our prison […] .
- 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 165:
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French fossé, from Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossātum, from Latin fossō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fossé m (plural fossés)
Further reading edit
- “fossé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gallo edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossātum, from Latin fossō.
Noun edit
fossé ? (plural fossés)
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French fossé, from Late Latin fossātum, from Latin fossō.
Noun edit
fossé m (plural fossez)
Descendants edit
- French: fossé