† werewalln.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A bulwark, rampart. In quots. figurative.
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wallc900
banka1387
aggera1398
trench1445
braye1512
mantle-walla1522
werewalla1525
rampire1548
rampart1550
mound1558
mount1558
argin1589
vallie1602
earthwork1633
circumvallation1645
vallation1664
subtrench1669
epaulement1687
enceinte1708
ring1780
vallum1803
main-work1833
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 382 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 106 The armes of ye dowglass..Of scotland ye were wall.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xxii. 222 Þai war campit to be ane were-wall for defence of Veanis.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. viii. f. 208v/2 Ye..surname of Dowglas, quhilkis war euir the sicker targe & weirwal of Scotland aganis Inglismen.
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