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单词 bawn
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Definition of bawn in English:

bawn

noun bɔːn
  • 1Irish historical A fortified enclosure around a castle.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Pelham used artillery brought by sea and within two days had battered down the bawn and the western landward side of the castle.
    • Interestingly, the bawn wall appears to have been erected in a segmentary form: it is a series of straight lines rather than being in the usual rectangular format.
    • This 17th-century Vintners Company fortified house and bawn, was opened to the public in 1996.
    • The castle stood within a bawn (a fortified courtyard) with corner towers at each corner and inside was a formal garden laid-out.
  • 2Canadian Irish A meadow.

    as modifier a field of bawn hay
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Natural bawn grass threaded with royal blue brings out the beautiful texture of this basket from Bangladesh.
  • 3Canadian A flat expanse of rocks on a beach, on which fish are spread to dry.

    fishermen spread the fish on the bawn
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To spread fish on the bawn to make wages we went there without much sleep.

Origin

From Irish.

 
 
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