bastlen.
/ˈbastl/, U.S. /ˈbæstl/ A fortified farmhouse of a type chiefly found in northern England close to the Scottish border; = bastle house n.
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1813 Caledonian Mercury 21 Oct. Near the present farm house, there was formerly a bastel, or bestial, an ancient place of security for cattle during an invasion of an enemy.
1973 Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 236 Several of these bastles have survived as buildings.
2018 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 31 Mar. 39 The engine testing area with..squat, grey bunkers is an uncompromisingly brutalist complex.., the modern equivalent of peels or bastles, built for purpose and nowt else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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