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‖ propugˈnaculum [L.] = propugnacle.
1773Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebr. 10 Sept. (1785) 198 Before it the ocean roars, being dashed against monstrous broken rocks; grand and aweful propugnacula. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 235 No elastic propugnaculum had been interposed between the body and the axle, so that we sat, as it were, on paving-stones. 1878Encycl. Brit. VI. 158/2 The Roman colonies were..valuable as propugnacula of the state. |