单词 | stronghouse |
释义 | stronghousen. A fortified or secure house; a fort, a castle; a prison. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] castlea1075 stronghousec1325 motec1390 house of fencec1425 castle of war1441 slot1578 house of war1581 kasbah1738 castellation1858 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1176 He let also arere Vpe þe water stronge hous, þat hii vnwarned nere. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. ccii/2v Some there were that fledde into a littell stronge howse enuyroned with water. 1649–50 O. Cromwell Let. 15 Feb. in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 212 From thence I marched to a strong house belonging to Sir Richard Everard. 1703 J. Drake Historia Anglo-scotia 414 The Earl of Huntley..cast down and overthrew many Forts and strong Houses. 1767 F. Warner Hist. Rebellion & Civil-war Ireland (1768) II. vii. 208 There was scarcely one castle or strong house in Leinster, which the husband or wife was not for giving up. 1835 New-Eng. Mag. Sept. 182 A large body of Indians had..carried off several women, who had not been able..to..seek shelter in the strong-house, or fort, which was then always found in the frontier towns. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 104 A strong-house was built here at an early date. 1922 W. A. Zundel Hist.Old Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church vii. 87 This structure was probably a stronghouse, or a blockhouse erected for the emergency. 2009 H. A. Sultz & K. M. Young Health Care USA iii. 70 It was common..for the town board to order relatives or friends to build a small stronghouse, or cell, on their property to contain a person with mental illness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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