Fosse [noun]

Martini prepared a couple of stout mules, and concealed them amongst the thickets on the opposite side of the fosse.

Up he jumped, ran up the rampart, and then down again into the fosse.

E chi ne assicura, che il Boccaccio non fosse nato nella sua villa di Corbignano quivi poco distante?

"Only the merchants and a few counsellors of the city were present," says Jehan de la Fosse (p. 47).

The price of wheat, Jehan de la Fosse tells us (p. 86) advanced to fifteen francs per "septier."

Che non avesse il comandamanto di lui osservato d'ammazzar subito qualunque heretico gli fosse venuto alle mani.

The only account of this striking occurrence which I have seen is given by Jehan de la Fosse, p. 122.

But, in the vicinity of the gate of Benjamin, the wall arose by no means from the margin of the fosse.

A fosse surrounds the edifice, and two gateways only give access to the interior.

But still as determined as ever, he pushed on, and presently stood on the summit, on the edge of the fosse.