cunette

Meaning

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

Synonyms

cuvette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kjuːˈnɛt/

Etymology

From French cunette (possibly also lacunette), from Italian cunetta (“cunette”), said to be from lacunetta, diminutive of lacuna (“ditch; lagoon; gap”), from Latin lacūna (“hole, pit; cavity, cleft, hollow, opening; gap, void”), from lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).