A large building or set of buildings fortified for defence against an enemy; a fortress, stronghold. Retained as a name for large mansions or country…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] (68) castlea1075 A large building or set of buildings fortified for defence against an enemy; a fortress, stronghold. Retained as a name for large mansions or country… stronghousec1325 A fortified or secure house; a fort, a castle; a prison. motec1390 Chiefly poetic. A castle, fortress; a city. in mote: among men. Obsolete. house of fencec1425 cap of fence: see cap, n.1 4c.coat of fence: see coat, n. 5. So doublet of fence: see doublet, n. 1c.house of fence: a fortified house. man of fence… castle of war1441 in phrasal combinations designating things pertaining to warfare, as munitions of war, †weeds of war. †castle of war, house of war, place of war, t… slot1578 A castle. house of war1581 in phrasal combinations designating things pertaining to warfare, as munitions of war, †weeds of war. †castle of war, house of war, place of war, t… kasbah1738 (a) A North African castle or fortress. (b) The Arab quarter surrounding a castle or fortress in a North African town, esp. that of Algiers. castellation1858 The building of castles; the furnishing of a house with battlements; concrete a fortified or castellated structure; a battlement. Subcategories:— building of castles (1) — small castle (7) — court of castle (5) — keep (9) — tower or fortified house (13) — tower or watch-tower (16) — temporary wooden tower (2) — blockhouse or pill-box (5) — tower borne by elephant (1) |
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