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‖ ostrog|ɒˈstrɒg|
[Russ. ostróg stockade, blockhouse, f. o = ob about + sterech′ to guard.]
A house or village in Siberia, surrounded by a palisade or wall, and serving as a fort or prison.
1764Char. in Ann. Reg. 5/2 Under the name of Ostrog, is understood every habitation consisting of one or more huts, all surrounded by an earthen wall or palisado... The Camchatcans live in these huts all the winter. 1790Cook's Voy. VI. 2191 The principal merchants..reside either at Bolcheretsk, or the Nishnei ostrog. 1799W. Tooke View Russian Emp. I. 356. 1833 R. Pinkerton Russia 215 From the ostrog we proceeded to the town hospital. |