uchibori　内堀

KEY WORD :　architecture / castles

1　The inner moat of a castle that has two or more moats. 2　The moat dug on the interior side of a mountain castle wall to act as a back-up for that part of the wall that has been destroyed. See *sotobori 外堀.

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