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单词 way of the rounds
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way of the rounds
g. Fortification. way of the rounds: = chemin de ronde n.; cf. round n.1 23. Now rare. [after French chemin des rondes (see chemin de ronde n.)]
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > between ramparts and wall of town
way of the rounds1638
chemin de ronde1691
1638 H. Hexam tr. S. Marolois & A. Girard Art Fortification i. 30 The way of the rounds [Fr. le chemin des rondes], or the falsebray, is on the outside of the body of the Fortresse.
1645 D. Papillon Pract. Abstr. Fortification & Assailing vi. 16 By reason of the great slope, that the Rampier hath, a way of some eight foot broad is presently formed, that runneth between the battlements of the wall, and the Rampier, that is called the way of the rounds, and in French Le chemin des rondes.
1709 J. MacGregory Geogr. & Hist. Tournay 34 Without the Rampart, there's First the Round Way, or the Way of the Rounds, being a Corridor, or Gallery, Fifteen Foot Broad, Guarded on the Out-Side with its Parapet and Banquet.
1759 tr. G. Le Blond Mil. Engineer II. 73 Observe whether before the parapet there is a way of the rounds, and if there is, examine whether it be practicable every where; whether one can see easily from it into the ditch.
1802 F. Gibson Mem. Bastile 20 The gateway that led to it between the towers, having long been walled up, the passage to the garden led by the way of the rounds.
1909 Archit. Rec. Feb. 115/2 Jean IV. de Beuil, improvements to the outer wall, the way of the rounds and the towers.
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