单词 | avant-mure |
释义 | avant-muren. Obsolete exc. Historical. The outer wall of a fortress, or in circumvallation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > fortify with outer wall counterminec1592 countermure1592 immantle1601 avant-mure1611 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall of fortified town > outer wall countermurea1552 avant-mure1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Avant-mur, an auant-mure; fore-wall, out-wall, or outward-wall. Derivatives avaunt-mure v. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 440/2 I avauntmure, I make a wall by fore the walles of a towne, Je auant mure. This towne is strongely avauntmured. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 179 An Avaunt-mure, or a Fortress before a wall, Antemurale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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