单词 | murus gallicus |
释义 | murus gallicusn. Archaeology. A type of late Iron Age Celtic fort having stone walls bound by horizontally placed timber frames. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > other types of fort hendecagon1648 grand1670 etoile1727 vitrified fort1777 roundabout1795 ring fort1846 oppidum1847 sea-fort1879 motte-and-bailey1900 motte castle1912 mote-castle1919 murus gallicus1939 1939 Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian 11 Aug. 5 The original [fort]..is a ‘murus Gallicus’ such as Caesar found in Gaul and described in his writings. 1953 R. J. C. Atkinson Field Archaeol. (ed. 2) ii. 62 Walls of murus gallicus type have in addition internal timbering. 1963 Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Surv.) (ed. 4) 71 This work must not be confused with the special type of timber reinforcement (murus gallicus) which it resembles and which is reported by Caesar as frequent among the Gaulish forts which he assaulted. 1970 W. Bray & D. Trump Dict. Archaeol. 233/2 One specialized form of timber-laced rampart, the murus gallicus or Gaulish wall, was encountered by Caesar during his campaigns against the Celtic tribes. 2009 D. W. Harding Iron Age Round-house i. 9 This was achieved in the murus gallicus technique, so named from Caesar's detailed description of such a rampart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1939 |
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