单词 | palafitte |
释义 | palafitten. Archaeology. Esp. in Switzerland and northern Italy: a prehistoric hut or settlement built on stakes driven into the bed of a lake; a lake village. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > prehistoric dwellings broch1654 crannog1851 pile-building1863 pile-work1863 fascine dwelling1865 lake-habitation1865 palafitte1866 terramare1866 roundhouse1872 mound dwelling1897 wag1911 wheel-dwelling1931 wheelhouse1935 1866 E. Desor in Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. Pref. 348 (title) Palafittes, or lacustrian constructions of Lake of Neuchatel. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. 87 In the lake is a cranogue, or subaqueous cairn, on which was formerly a palafite dwelling. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands ii. vi. 281 That same curiosity which the archeologist experiences as he comes upon the palafittes of a pile-built village alongside an industrial city in modern Switzerland. 1964 J. Hogarth tr. H. Harrel-Courtès Etruscan Italy iii. 22 Some of the rooms are devoted to objects from the lake cities and palafitte of the plain of the Po. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866 |
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