单词 | peel house |
释义 | > as lemmaspeel house peel house n. (a) a fortified dwelling built within a palisade; (b) = sense 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > tower or fortified house > peel pilelOE pilea1513 peel house1586 pale1596 peel1726 border-house1792 peel tower1851 watch-peel1882 1586 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 106 Ane peill house, with byre, hall and berne. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 83 The only peel house that remains entire is Hudhouse; the vault is immensely strong, and has had double doors, bolted on the inside. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xviii. 278 Had you put this gentleman into the pit of the peel-house at Balmawhapple. View more context for this quotation 1856 J. C. Bruce Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated ii. 36 The ancient ‘peel houses’ of the North of England. 1872 Trans. Highlands Soc. 227 Drumelzier is the last of the chain of fortresses, commonly called peel houses, placed on the Tweed, all of which are now in ruins. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Jan. 16 Sean's childhood was lived..to the rhythm of Border songs and ballads; and in dreams inspired by peel-houses and broken walls. 2002 Northern Echo (Nexis) 21 May 9 Architecturally it's a Georgian ‘peel house’—semi-fortified, originally—and since last summer it's been coffee shop. < as lemmas |
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