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‖ palafitte Archæol.
(ˈpæləfɪt, ‖ palafit)
[F. palafitte, ad. It. palafitta a fence of piles, f. palo stake, pile + fitto fixed, driven in: (Florio, 1611, has palafitta = palificata ‘a foundation of piles..in water-works’: see palification).]
A hut of prehistoric age built on piles over the water of a lake; a lake-dwelling (in Switzerland or N. Italy).
1882in I. Donnelly Atlantis 243 We must look, then, beyond both the Etruscans and Phœnicians in attempting to identify the commerce of the Bronze Age of our palafittes. 1893Amer. Cath. Q. Rev. Oct. 727 About forty years ago special attention was directed by Dr. Keller to the Palafittes or Lake-Dwellings of Switzerland. 1899Baring-Gould Bk. of West II. 87 In the lake is a cranogue, or subaqueous cairn, on which was formerly a palafite dwelling. |