the old french & medieval latin words for a mound or fortified height shifted in Norman french from the castle mound to the ditch dug around it before entering English around 1362
The word 'suds' is believed to originate from the Middle Dutch word: sudse, meaning bog.
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The word that is a homophone for both "speck" and "moat" is "mote."
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A homonym for the trench around a castle could be "moat."
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The water-filled trench around a castle is called a moat.
Another word for a deep ditch that is dug around a castle is a moat. You could call it a trench, or you could fill it full of water and call it a moat.
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I think that the 'trench' you are thinking of is a moat. You could say that it is a trench full of water that surrounds the castle. If you are not thinking of a moat then I am sorry.
Yes, the word "bolshy" does originate from the "bolsheviks".
It could be either, because it is defined by the word it modifies. It is more likely an adjective phrase. E.g. A castle with a moat is harder to attack. It appears to be an adverb in the form: "The castle was originally built with a moat" although it seems to say that the castle was built 'using' a moat rather than featuring one.