单词 | fortalice |
释义 | fortalicen. In early use = fortress n.; by modern writers chiefly used for: ‘A small outwork of a fortification’ (W.); a small fort. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] chestera855 boroughc893 fastnessOE strength?c1225 warnestore1297 fortress13.. holdc1330 strongholdc1384 motec1390 fortalicec1425 garnisonc1430 garrisonc1430 town of war1441 wall-town1488 strengh1489 afforciament1509 piece1525 forcea1552 citadel1567 fort1569 place1575 holt1600 alcazar1623 fasthold1623 afforcement1642 castle-town1646 post1648 garrison-town1649 bridlea1661 palank1685 place of arms1704 ostrog1761 qila1761 presidio1763 gurry1786 thana1803 pa1823 castrum1836 lis1845 Gibraltar1856 training post1867 kasbah1902 jong1904 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > small fort fortletc1330 forceleta1400 sconce1587 farelet1602 fortalice1642 fortin1706 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xxix. 31 Ðare-in þai made a Fortalyce. 1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 18 Any Person..being in his Service within his Towns and Fortilities of Berwick and Carlyle. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 32v With stark draw brig, weil forcit with fortalice. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4v Nought feard theyr force, that fortilage to win. 1642 W. Prynne Soveraigne Antidote Civill Wars 24 Castles, Fortresses, Fortilesses. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. vi. 170 Fortalices, or small places of strength. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 276 The fortalice, thus commanding both bridge and pass. 1870 Echo 9 Nov. We canter off to the as yet unfinished fortalice of Des Bordes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425 |
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