单词 | bartizan |
释义 | bartizann. A battlemented parapet at the top of a castle or church; esp. an over-hanging battlemented turret projecting from an angle at the top of a tower, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > turret tourellec1330 turretc1330 bratticingc1380 tournellea1400 turruletc1620 bartizan1800 turricle1884 c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. (1869) I. 191 Þe hiȝest part of his tour is briteysing of charite. 1483 Cath. Angl. 43/1 Bretasynge, propugnaculum. 1651 Rec. Pittenweem in Statist. Acc. IV. 376 (Jam.) That the morn afternoon the town's colours be put upon the bertisene of the steeple.] 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. ii. 317 Its varying circle did combine Bulwark, and bartisan, and line. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiii. 186 A bartizan, or projecting gallery, before the windows of her parlour. View more context for this quotation 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. III. iv. 146 Small stone closets, called Bartizans or machicoulis, are thrown out on corbels immediately over the doorway. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1800 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。