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† proˈpugnacle Obs.
[a. obs. F. propugnacle (14th c. in Godef.), ad. L. prōpugnācul-um a defence, bulwark, f. prōpugn-āre: see prec.]
A bulwark, rampart; also fig. a defence, protection.
1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Heralds §219 (1877) 119 A great strength, propugnacle and bulwarke for the noble realme of Englande. 1612R. Sheldon Serm. St. Martin's 61 His propugnacle and defence of Christian religion which no Pontifician durst euer yet attempt to confute. 1657Howell Londinop. 48 The Tower of London, it being the prime Fortresse and propugnacle of the City.
Hence proˈpugnacled a. nonce-wd., having ramparts, battlemented.
1875Blackmore Alice L. III. xxvii. 341 The smallest of them [opals] is larger and finer than that..which is called ‘Troy burning’, from the propugnacled flash of its movement. |