| 单词 | false braye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfalse braye A military outwork; a mound or bank defended by palisades and watchtowers. false braye ( < French fausse braie): an advanced parapet surrounding the main rampart. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] wallc900 banka1387 aggera1398 trench1445 braye1512 mantle-walla1522 werewalla1525 rampire1548 rampart1550 mound1558 mount1558 argin1589 vallie1602 earthwork1633 circumvallation1645 vallation1664 subtrench1669 epaulement1687 enceinte1708 ring1780 vallum1803 main-work1833 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork forewallOE barrace1380 before-wallinga1382 vaumurec1475 faussebraie1490 forework1497 vauntmure1562 counterguard1591 forefence1609 forefight?1611 outworkc1615 crownwork1638 false braye1645 crowned work1677 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII i §1 To make Bulwerkes, Brayes, Walles, Diches, and al other fortificacions. 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 205 He knowith of no newe fortification..saving only a newe braye about their fort. 1572 W. Malim tr. N. Martinengo True Rep. Famagosta f. 3 A Brey and Cortaine without was battered by the fortes. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1109/2 The King that was walking aloft on the brayes [1587 braies] of the walles. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 4 A faire Park on the one side, which by the Brayz [1585 Braiz] is linked too ye Castl on the South. 1645 Symonds in United Serv. Mag. (1842) ii. 467 There is..a pallizado above the false bray. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 4 Contrived Platforms,..barricado'd the false Brayes. < as lemmas |
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