moated

English

Etymology

From moat +‎ -ed.

Adjective

moated (not comparable)

1. Surrounded with a moat
   • 2008 March 3, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “City on the Gulf: Koolhaas Lays Out a Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai”, in New York Times‎:

     His goal is to imbue his waterfront enclave with enough complexity to provide a distilled version of the great metropolis within this moated sanctuary.

Derived terms

• unmoated