castelletcasteletn.
A small castle.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > small castle
castelletc1320
pilec1400
peelc1450
chateleta1513
castleta1552
c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2754 With seuen Soudans biset, Wal and gate and castelet.
c1325 Coer de L. 7010 Ryghte off Jaffa castellette.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 8 A strong Pile or Castelet.
1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (1774) 68 The battlemented top of their castelet.
1841 Archæol. XXIX. 30 The erection of a castellet at this point would then become desirable.
1846 D. W. Pughe Harlech Castle 29 Tradition notes the spot as the site of a castelet.
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