Definition of Moated

1. Adjective. Protected by a deep wide ditch usually filled with water.

Similar to: Protected

Definition of Moated

1. Adjective. Surrounded with a moat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moated

1. moat [v] - See also: moat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moated

moaner
moaners
moaneth
moanful
moaning
moaning Minnie
moaning dove
moaning doves
moaningly
moans
moany
moar
moas
moastly
moat
moated (current term)
moating
moatlike
moats
mob-handed
mob cap
mob caps
mob rule
mobbed
mobber
mobbers
mobbie
mobbies
mobbing

Literary usage of Moated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1889)
"A large moated mound with moated appendages. Kerri.—A fine moated mound. ... A moated mound, whence the Welsh princes dated several charters. Talybont. ..."

2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1880)
"BRITISH moated OPPIDUM NEAR STAPLEHURST. WHEN our Archaeological Society met at Cranbrook, in July, 1873, a letter appeared in The South Eastern, ..."

3. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1906)
"HE moated mound is, perhaps, of all earthworks the most interesting, for it presents to ... The moated mound is an artificial—or partly artificial— hillock, ..."

4. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1881)
"OBSERVATIONS ON SOME moated MOUNDS IN YORKSHIRE. By GEO. ... a name which, in this part of the country, is usually applied to a moated mound. ..."

5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"MYSTERY OF THE moated-SCHLOSS. [February 6, ШВ.) of the fir forest yonder. It was a pleasanter scene than that ghostly parlour, and Magda felt an ..."

6. Essays by Wray Hunt (1899)
"How I stumbled upon it and its moated Grange was on this wise: He and I, being parsons in a somewhat dreary Midland town, are wont to indulge in a habit ..."

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