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Meanings of moated in English

Moated.

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Usage of moated in English
1
Cheshunt was a large, imposing moated house built around a spacious courtyard.
The lady elizabeth
2
You can hide in her moated grange till the bobbies get tired.
Mr. Standfast
3
But in her moated flat the bride confidently awaited her Persian fruit.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
4
My scenes were laid in windmills, among mountains, or in moated granges.
Paul Kelver
5
Two miles inland from Sandyseal, there is a lonely old moated house.
The Evil Genius: A Domestic Story
6
Bodiam Castle is one of the UK's most perfectly preserved moated castles.
The Guardian
7
To be carried away on Thursday-Tothe moated house-Tothe chapel-ToSolmes!
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2
8
Mariana's solitude in the moated grange was as nothing to hers.
Miss Mackenzie
9
That has been his old fortress, walled and moated against trespass.
Foes
10
They were to meet again at the moated grange, Mariana's house.
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
11
They wished that Madeleine lived in a moated grange instead of the Occidental Hotel.
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
12
It is moated still, and looks dreary, Secluded, and in the bad old style.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
13
All the old farms here are moated-becauseof the wolves.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
14
The "Place" is an old moated house, the property of Lord Chichester.
Seaward Sussex: The South Downs from End to End
15
Another acquaintance of his, a draper at Holloway, had built himself a moated grange.
They and I
16
The palace was moated, and used as a prison as late as the Civil War.
The Naturalist on the Thames
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