Fosse a ditch or

moat A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...

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Places

Fossé, Ardennes Fossé () is a commune in Ardennes, France. The French Egyptologist Adolphe Reinach was killed in Fossé in the first month of the First World War. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 ...

, a commune in France * Fosse, Belgium, a district of the municipality of Trois-Ponts,

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

Fossé, Loir-et-Cher Fossé () is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department of central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loir-et-Cher department The following is a list of the 267 communes of the Loir-et-Cher department of France. The communes coope ...

, a commune in central France *

Fosse, Pyrénées-Orientales Fosse (; oc, Fòssa; ca, Fossa) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography Fosse is located in the canton of La Vallée de l'Agly and in the arrondissement of ...

, a town in France *

Fosse Copse Fosse Copse is a woodland in Devon, England, near the village of Loddiswell. It covers a total area of on the west facing slope of the Avon Valley. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust The Woodland Trust is the largest woodland co ...

, a woodland in Devon, England *

Fosse Farmhouse Fosse Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse in the English Cotswolds near the Fosse Way and Castle Combe. It is now used to provide hospitality and accommodation, including bed and breakfast rooms in the main farmhouse and self-contained, self- ...

, an 18th-century farmhouse in the Cotswolds, UK *

Fosse Shopping Park Fosse Shopping Park is one of Britain's biggest out-of-town shopping parks and it is situated in Enderby parish, in Blaby district, on the southern edge of the city of Leicester, England. The retail park is in an area of mixed industrial an ...

, an out of town shopping centre in Leicestershire *

Fosse Way The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis ( Bath), Corini ...

, a Roman road in England * Fösse, a river of Lower Saxony, Germany

People

* Bob Fosse (1927–1987), American musical theater choreographer *

Erik Fosse Erik Fosse (born December 2, 1950) is a Norwegian physician, professor of medicine at the University of Oslo, and musician. Fosse is a specialist in general surgery and thoracic surgery, and is director of the Intervention Centre at the Nationa ...

(born 1950), Norwegian physician and musician. *

Jon Fosse Jon Olav Fosse (born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author and dramatist. Biography Jon Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway. A serious accident at age seven brought him close to death; the experience significantly influenced his adulthood wr ...

(born 1959), Norwegian writer *

Nicole Fosse Nicole Providence Fosse (born March 24, 1963) is an American actress and dancer. She is the only daughter of Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse. Career Fosse appeared in ''Miami Vice'' in the role of Lani Mueller and played Kristine in the film versi ...

(born 1963), American actress, dancer and producer * Ray Fosse (1947–2021), American baseball player *

William Fosse William Fosse was a lawyer and the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes dir ...

(fl.1407–1411), English lawyer and politician

Other uses

* ''Fosse'' (musical), a 1999 Broadway revue based on the choreography of Bob Fosse *

Fosse Awards The American Choreography Awards was a ceremony and show that honored outstanding choreographers in the fields of feature film, television, music videos, and commercials. They were first known as the L.A. Dance Awards (1994–95), then as Bob Fos ...

, a former name of the American Choreography Awards * Leicester Fosse, a former name of English football club Leicester City