(n.) 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.
(n.) Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the
earth.
(v. t.) To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or
ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
(v. t.) To surround with a ditch.
(v. t.) To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and
turned on its side.
(v. i.) To dig a ditch or ditches.
