† werewalln.

Forms: Also Middle English wer-, 1500s weir-.

Etymology: < were v. + wall n.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

A bulwark, rampart. In quots. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun]

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. 208^v/2 Y^e..surname of Dowglas, quhilkis war euir the sicker targe & weirwal of Scotland aganis Inglismen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	werewall
释义	† werewalln. Forms: Also Middle English wer-, 1500s weir-. Etymology: < were v. + wall n.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. A bulwark, rampart. In quots. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] 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. 208^v/2 Y^e..surname of Dowglas, quhilkis war euir the sicker targe & weirwal of Scotland aganis Inglismen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1525
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