barmkinn.

/ˈbɑːmkɪn/

Forms: Middle English barmeken, (Middle English barnekynch), 1500s barmekyn, barmekin, barnekine, Middle English– barmkin.

Etymology: Perhaps < Germanic barm (Old Norse barmr brim, border, edge, wing of castle; compare berm n.). The second syllable may be the diminutive suffix -kin suffix, though the meaning hardly suits. Possibly a corruption of, or confused with, barbican n.

northern. archaic.

The battlement of the outer fortification of a castle; the outer fortification, or barbican; a turret or watch tower on the outer wall.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > tower or watch-tower > barbican

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c1340 Alexander (Stev.) 1301 Balaan in þe barmeken · sa bitterly fiȝtis.

a1440 Sir Degrev. 375 At the barnekynch he abad, And lordelych doune lyght.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1068 Fehew him self..Throuch all the fyr can on the barmkyn lycht.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. x. 64 Thame quhilkis on the barmkin heid remanis.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1522/1 Ouerthrewe eyghtene towers of stone, with all their barnekines.

a1811 J. Leyden Ld. Soulis v And he call'd on a page, who was witty and sage, To go to the barmkin high.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	barmkin
释义	barmkinn. /ˈbɑːmkɪn/ Forms: Middle English barmeken, (Middle English barnekynch), 1500s barmekyn, barmekin, barnekine, Middle English– barmkin. Etymology: Perhaps < Germanic barm (Old Norse barmr brim, border, edge, wing of castle; compare berm n.). The second syllable may be the diminutive suffix -kin suffix, though the meaning hardly suits. Possibly a corruption of, or confused with, barbican n. northern. archaic. The battlement of the outer fortification of a castle; the outer fortification, or barbican; a turret or watch tower on the outer wall. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > tower or watch-tower > barbican barbicana1300 barmkinc1340 c1340 Alexander (Stev.) 1301 Balaan in þe barmeken · sa bitterly fiȝtis. a1440 Sir Degrev. 375 At the barnekynch he abad, And lordelych doune lyght. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1068 Fehew him self..Throuch all the fyr can on the barmkyn lycht. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. x. 64 Thame quhilkis on the barmkin heid remanis. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1522/1 Ouerthrewe eyghtene towers of stone, with all their barnekines. a1811 J. Leyden Ld. Soulis v And he call'd on a page, who was witty and sage, To go to the barmkin high. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1340
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