moat

Converse of subject

• surround: The site of the manor house is surrounded by a narrow moat which is fed by water from the New River.
• enclose: Once enclosed by the longest moat in England, only 13 acres remain of the original 36.

Converse of object

• swim: Castles with footmen to hold back the wild dogs and swim the moat to retrieve the Tupperware ain't cheap.
• dig: During the 13th century the de Clinton family dug the moat and settled on the land, giving their name to the estate.
• fill: Set in 6½ acres of gardens, the Priory is sited on an island surrounded by England's longest water filled medieval moat.
• surround: A moat surrounded all three enclosures, the inner bailey separated by its own moat.
• cross: The plant has now become a living bridge, which you can climb up to cross the moat.

Noun used with modifier

• castle: Below: view of the Great Tower from the castle moat.

Adjective modifier

• water-filled: This shows a large, square, water-filled moat with an arched causeway bridge over the west side.
• dry: Now the dry moat beneath the North Wall is playing host to an ice rink.
• circular: Water Markers Watkins considered circular moats to be fairly safe ley points.
• medieval: The clump of trees beyond the old barn indicate the site of the medieval moat.
• deep: Inside the bailey, the keep was further protected by a deep moat.
• broad: The most striking is the way it is lapped by the waters of its broad moat.

Object

• castle: A Romantic, moated 13th century castle - once the home of Anne Boleyn - set in award-winning gardens.
• enclosure: John de Edlingham built a large two-storey Hall House in a moated enclosure in the mid 13th century.
• mound: The moated mound where their manor house stood can still be seen in the meadows close to the two remaining medieval fish ponds.
• mansion: The hall had been the moated mansion of the Levesons, a family who had made their money through the wool trade.
• manor: The National Trust's magnificent 15th century moated manor of Oxburgh Hall is just fields away.
• house: Further round the trail, a side path gives access to the environs of the moated manor house.