| 单词 | round tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround tower round tower n. Archaeology a tall, narrow circular stone tower with a conical roof, found in Ireland (and also in western Scotland and the Isle of Man) from the 9th cent., probably intended as a place of refuge for monks. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun] quadrangle1596 rotund1606 rotundo1614 camera1633 rotunda1648 tholosc1660 umbrella1680 octagon1767 round tower1790 cone1791 flat-iron1862 tetragon1884 tempietto1896 tetrapylon1904 igloo1956 shoebox1968 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > tower or fortified house bastide1523 bastle house1542 broch1654 round tower1790 bastle1813 1790 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1789 3 Antiquities 81 Stone-roofed criptic churches and round towers became common in this island. 1827 G. Higgins Celtic Druids Pref. p. xlvi Throughout Scotland and Ireland there are scattered great numbers of Round Towers. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 14 The Early Irish remains are mainly of three classes: the..domestic buildings of the monks; the oratories and churches; and the round towers. 2006 Archaeol. Ireland 20 iv. 26/1 The early medieval daimhliag or cathedral,..rivalled only by the round tower with its unique ground-floor doorway. < as lemmas |
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