/fɒs/, /fɔs/, /fɑs/
OriginFrom Middle English fosse, from Old French fosse, from Latin fossa (“ditch, trench”).
- A ditch or moat.
“[T]he ground was […] scattered with the masses of ruined buildings, that had formerly been part of the outward fortifications, but of which some were fallen into the fosse, and others overgrown with a”
Formsfosses(plural) · foss(alternative) · Fosses(plural)