单词 | presidio |
释义 | presidion. Chiefly U.S. A garrison, a fortified settlement, esp. one formerly established by the Spanish in areas under Spanish control to protect settlements and missions. Also: a Spanish penal settlement in a foreign country. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] chestera855 boroughc893 fastnessOE strength?c1225 warnestore1297 fortress13.. holdc1330 strongholdc1384 motec1390 fortalicec1425 garnisonc1430 garrisonc1430 town of war1441 wall-town1488 strengh1489 afforciament1509 piece1525 forcea1552 citadel1567 fort1569 place1575 holt1600 alcazar1623 fasthold1623 afforcement1642 castle-town1646 post1648 garrison-town1649 bridlea1661 palank1685 place of arms1704 ostrog1761 qila1761 presidio1763 gurry1786 thana1803 pa1823 castrum1836 lis1845 Gibraltar1856 training post1867 kasbah1902 jong1904 1763 tr. A. Le Page du Pratz Hist. Louisiana I. 11 On his route [he] met with no nation, till he came to the Presidio [Fr. jusqu'au Préside], or fortress of St. John Baptist, on the Rio (River) del Norte, in New Mexico. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 158/1 For the protection of the latter [white settlers] the Spaniards erected [in Texas, etc.] presidios; a presidio consists of a wooden wall of a quadrangular form, within which the houses are built, and the gates are shut at sunset. 1853 N. Wiseman Ess. III. 20 An African presidio or prison-fort, where galley-slaves are detained. 1905 Whitaker's Almanack 620/2 Spanish Over-Sea Possessions... In Morocco are several ‘Presidios’; Ifni near Cape Non, Tetuan and Ceuta..opposite Gibraltar [etc.]. 1927 Travel Nov. 21/2 In 1718 Franciscan fathers and soldiers traveled northward from the Rio Grande and established presidio and mission. 1995 L. S. Heidinger Tucson, Old Pueblo 6/2 Tucson, the Old Pueblo, the half-mile-high city that began as a ramshackle presidio. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763 |
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