Sentence examples for a moat and a from inspiring English sources

All it lacks is a moat and a drawbridge.

Why would anyone build a moat and a stockade wall in the middle of the wilderness?

But a duck house, a moat and a bit of free gardening are hardly an "opportunity for personal enrichment".

Located near Tiananmen Square, the 180-acre palace encircled by a moat and a 32-foot wall was for centuries a mysterious and secretive place.

Although Wemmick's home is tiny, he has modified it to resemble a Gothic fortress of sorts, complete with a plank drawbridge, a moat and a "turret bedroom".

They fortified a moat and a levee, protective rings around the three-acre property that, once the nearby White River had crested, left Mr. Petty's house out of harm's way, like a castle in the English countryside.

It is surrounded by a moat and an enormous earth rampart. 5. Chepstow Castle Looming from the clifftops above the river Wye, Chepstow was founded as a key defensive position immediately after the Norman invasion.

After the destruction of the castle by rebels and a Viking army in 1069, York Castle was rebuilt and reinforced with extensive water defences, including a moat and an artificial lake.

It is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the devas in Hindu mythology: within a moat and an outer wall 3.6 km long are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next.

They tanned Hilda of Brooklyn Zoo, who died from a fall into a moat, and Edna, or the Bronx Zoo, who died of indigestion after eating her keeper's shoes.

The Michael Palace (named for the Archangel Michael) was built in the form of a medieval castle surrounded by a moat and guarded by 20 cannons.