Moat - A deep trench usually filled with water that surrounded a castle.
Moline - Ends curling outward.
Mortar - A mixture of sand, water, and lime used to bind stones together; as opposed to drylaid masonry.
MOAT: A ditch, usually filled with water, surrounding a castle. A common first line of defense.
MOTTE: A high mound of earth on which a lord's residence is placed ussually during the eleventh-and-twelfth-century castles.
Moat
a ditch around an enclosure, either filled with water or dry
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Moat pier: A pier of rock set amid a moat or ditch which was used to support a wooden bridge or drawbridge. Common in the Middle East because of the lack of strong enough timber to span the whole moat.
Ditch / Moat
- an excavation in front of a rampart which presents an obstacle to the attackers and provides excavated material which can be used in construction of ramparts. Commonly referred to as a "moat."
See fortification.
Berm: Flat space between the base of the curtain wall and the inner edge of the moat; level area separating ditch from bank.
The gate stood in the centre of a moat and was connected to the city wall and the outside by two brick bridges. The arch of the main entrance is decorated with geometric interlace and is flanked by two lions in relief.
Drawbridge - a heavy timber platform built to span a moat between a gatehouse and surrounding land that could be raised when required to block an entrance.
In English castles, a large moat and keep are the norm, these are rusticated and heavy. In France the moats and keeps are there, but they are refined, covered in an ashlar finish and filled with elegant traceries.
A richly sculptured stone complex, it rises 61 m (200 ft) and is approached by a ceremonial bridge 183 m (600 ft) long that spans the surrounding moat.
In fortification, a banquette is a little foot path or elevated step along the inside of a rampart or parapet, by which the musketeers get up to view the counterscarp, or to fire on the enemies in the moat.
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Revetment
A wall or other construction built to support and define a slope, such as the edge of a moat.
So much for the gate itself; but before an attack could reach that point, the following defences had to be passed: an immense circular barbican (A) protected the entrance across the moat and through the outer enceinte of the city.
 See also: Tower, Courtyard, Parapet, House, Architecture
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