释义 |
burghburgh /ˈbʌrə $ bɜːrɡ, ˈbʌroʊ/ noun [countable]  - In 1741, for example, political control of the Dunfermline district of burghs turned on the vote of the town of Inverkeithing.
- Lydford, in Devon, still has the abandoned streets of a late Saxon burgh which never succeeded.
- Some of the burgh politicians were themselves military officers.
- Some towns had more than one burgh.
- The Council House and prison of the ancient burgh of Canongate, built in 1591.
- The second type of late Saxon town, which overlaps in some cases with the first, is the fortified burghs.
- These were known as burghs of barony and regality.
a borough – used in Scotland |