cunette

Meaning

Noun

• A trench dug in a moat to allow for drainage, or as an extra obstacle for attackers.

Origin

• From French cunette (possibly also lacunette), from Italian cunetta ("cunette"), said to be from lacunetta, diminutive of lacuna, from Latin lacūna ("hole, pit; cavity, [[cleft#Noun"), from lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus ("lake, [[pool#Noun").