moated

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English

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Etymology

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From moat +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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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[1]:
      His goal is to imbue his waterfront enclave with enough complexity to provide a distilled version of the great metropolis within this moated sanctuary.