Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(cut). In military usage, a ditch for protection, but in 1 Samuel 26:5, the place where the wagons were grouped or packed.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Meaning:
from χαράσσω (to sharpen to a point; akin to 1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)