a. [f. FOSSE + -ED2.] Encircled with or as with a fosse.
1682. Wheler, Journ. Greece, I. 60. The Foundations of the Wall of a square Town, or Castle, Fossed without but not very deep.
1831. Landor, Siege Ancona, Wks. 1846, II. 584/2.
| Burnt-offerings raised | |
| In your high places, and fossed round with blood! |
