单词 | antemural |
释义 | antemuraln. Now rare. An outer fortification, esp. one belonging to a city or castle; a barbican. Also occasionally in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > wall of fortified town wallc825 town wallc1325 dikec1400 murayc1400 face1489 curtain?a1560 antemural1614 1614 A. Willet Harmonie vpon 2nd Bk. Samuel v. 28 The Chalde call it the abstruction, that is, the antemural or rampier. 1653 J. Howell German Diet sig. Ddd2 It is Hungary that is the Antemurale, the true Propugnacle of all Europe. 1777 R. Henry Hist. Great Brit. III. 460 An outwork, called a barbacan or antemural, which was a strong and high wall, with turrets upon it, designed for the defence of the gate. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. iii. 273 Sometimes the ante-mural or barbacan was added; a rampart of less height, which impeded the approach of the hostile engines. 1923 Kokomo (Indiana) Daily Tribune 17 Oct. 10/4 The outer entrance [sc. of a film-set castle] is formed by a barbican or antemural, then comes the moat. 2001 A. J. Boas Jerusalem in Time of Crusades ii. x. 93 An antemural or bastion..was built south of the Temple Mount to protect the southern approaches to the quarter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1614 |
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