Yes some called it the big ditch or Clinton's Ditch.
The ditch around a castle is called a moat.
I think its called a bunker
A deep ditch carved over time by running water is called a ravine.
Erie canal.
ditch
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The ditches at the sides of a country road are called "cunetas." Singular: "cuneta." (culverts). Trench, irrigation ditch = zanja
It's called a moat.
It would have been called a ditch. World War I was starting in 1914 and large ditches played a major part in the land warfare. The were called "Trenches" and the soldiers who occupied them described them as a grave with both ends kicked out.
A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse., Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth., To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land., To surround with a ditch., To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side., To dig a ditch or ditches.
it was called the qaill