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ˈtown-ˈwall
The wall of a fortified town.
c1400Destr. Troy 10746 The troiens in toures, & on toun walles, Laidon spies specially. 1480Coventry Leet Bk. 447 Enploye hit to oder reparacions of þe seid town wall. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts ix. 36 They..by nyght let hym downe by a corde of the towne walles, in a basket. 1649Milton Eikon. viii. Wks. (1847) 294/1 The king much incensed proclaims him traitor before the town walls. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 456/1 The town-wall of Worms. |