"fossé" meaning in English

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          "text": "The Major then went with me and Euphemia (Victoria staying at the inn) and showed us what is called the Ditch, being the fossé and ruinous banks of the old castle […] ."
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        "(obsolete, chiefly Scotland) A fosse or ditch."
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