whakaawarua
1. (noun) ditch inside the palisade of a pā or fort.
Ina noa kua whakamana ngā pikitanga ki ngā parepare mātāmua, kua eketia e te hoia. Kei roto i te whakaawarua e werowero ana (TWM 28/11/1863:1). / Soon the order to scale the first fortification wall was given and the soldiers had gone over that and were in the inside trench attacking.
