堀ほり切きり

noun

man-made water channel; artificial trench; moat

Archaic term for a man-made water channel, especially one dug around a castle for defense. Now mostly encountered in historical contexts.

• 城しろの周まわりには深ふかい堀ほり切きりが巡めぐらされていた。

  A deep moat was dug around the castle.