| 释义 |
bastel-house|ˈbæstəlhaʊs|
Also bastle-.
[f. bastel, var. of bastile + house.]
A fortified house, usually having the lower floors arched over.
1544Exped. Scotl. in Arber Eng. Garner I. 125 Divers bastel and fortified houses. 1849Mem. Kirkaldy Gr. xxi. 242 The Potterrow Port, an arch between two bastel houses. 1884Programme Archæol. Inst. Newcastle, The Mediæval Castles, Towers, and Bastle-houses in Northumberland. |