Puntaln.

Brit.

/pʊnˈtɑːl/, U.S.

/pʊnˈtɑl/

Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Puntal.

Etymology: < el Puntal, the name of a defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (compare Spanish el fuerte del Puntal the fort of El Puntal (1626)), probably < Spanish el , definite article + puntal point of land (1585 or earlier in this sense) < punta point (see point n.¹) + -al -al suffix¹.Compare the following earlier examples apparently showing Puntal as a place name in English contexts:1587 in Spanish War 1585–7 (Navy Records Soc.) XI. 163 The White Lion being commanded..to ride as near to Puntales [MS. Pointall] as might be.?1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) iv. iii. 68 Why did not yo^r great Navy, being in such bravery, as it took Puntall, seize Cales?

Now rare (historical in later use).

A defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (originally consisting of a blockhouse erected on a point of sand); a similar fortification elsewhere. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > blockhouse or pill-box

blockhouse1512

Puntal1702

block1829

pillar box1916

pillbox1917

1702 London Gaz. No. 3845/2 There were in Cadiz Bay 3 or 4 French Men of War.., who retired above the Puntals before the Entrance.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 11 To ride without the Town of Callao, out of the Command of the Puntals or Castles there.

1744 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. III. xxvi. 569/1 The French men of war, and the gallies, that lay in the bay [of Cadiz], retired within the puntals.

1762 Authentic Jrnl. Siege of Havana 20 The Cambridge and Dragon seemed very much torn to pieces by the fort that was too high, and the Puntal and Town-Batteries on the western side.

1938 Times 22 June 13/5 The narrow entrance to the harbour of Havana was defended by two forts, the Moto and the Puntal.

1957 R. T. Davies Spain in Decline i. 18 A force of 9000 men was landed and succeeded in taking the Tower of Puntal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puntal
释义	Puntaln. Brit. /pʊnˈtɑːl/, U.S. /pʊnˈtɑl/ Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Puntal. Etymology: < el Puntal, the name of a defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (compare Spanish el fuerte del Puntal the fort of El Puntal (1626)), probably < Spanish el , definite article + puntal point of land (1585 or earlier in this sense) < punta point (see point n.¹) + -al -al suffix¹.Compare the following earlier examples apparently showing Puntal as a place name in English contexts:1587 in Spanish War 1585–7 (Navy Records Soc.) XI. 163 The White Lion being commanded..to ride as near to Puntales [MS. Pointall] as might be.?1626 Dick of Devonshire (1955) iv. iii. 68 Why did not yo^r great Navy, being in such bravery, as it took Puntall, seize Cales? Now rare (historical in later use). A defensive fortification at the entrance to the harbour at Cadiz (originally consisting of a blockhouse erected on a point of sand); a similar fortification elsewhere. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > blockhouse or pill-box blockhouse1512 Puntal1702 block1829 pillar box1916 pillbox1917 1702 London Gaz. No. 3845/2 There were in Cadiz Bay 3 or 4 French Men of War.., who retired above the Puntals before the Entrance. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 11 To ride without the Town of Callao, out of the Command of the Puntals or Castles there. 1744 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. III. xxvi. 569/1 The French men of war, and the gallies, that lay in the bay [of Cadiz], retired within the puntals. 1762 Authentic Jrnl. Siege of Havana 20 The Cambridge and Dragon seemed very much torn to pieces by the fort that was too high, and the Puntal and Town-Batteries on the western side. 1938 Times 22 June 13/5 The narrow entrance to the harbour of Havana was defended by two forts, the Moto and the Puntal. 1957 R. T. Davies Spain in Decline i. 18 A force of 9000 men was landed and succeeded in taking the Tower of Puntal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1702
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