| 单词 | peel tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeel tower peel tower n. = sense 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > tower or fortified house > peel pilelOE pilea1513 peel house1586 pale1596 peel1726 border-house1792 peel tower1851 watch-peel1882 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 11 In the border countries these towers, commonly called Pele towers, are very usual. 1874 A. J. C. Hare Jrnl. 1 Nov. in Story of my Life (1900) IV. xvii. 258 An occasional peel-tower stands like a milestone of history. 1935 Hist. Northumberland XIV. 79 This [sc. Henry VIII to Charles I] forms a continuously evolving period, at first characterised by the erection of pele towers and bastle houses. 1991 K. Jones Learning not to be First xi. 139 She was fascinated by the castle—a converted fifteenth century peel tower with many later additions in the medieval style. < as lemmas |
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