toweredadj.
/ˈtaʊəd/poetic./ˈtaʊərɪd/ 1. Having a tower or towers; adorned or defended by towers; bearing or surmounted by a tower; raised or rising on high like a tower.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
toweredc1400
quartered1591
towery-topped1602
spired1610
towery1611
well-roofed1656
steepled1711
gable-ended1789
towerlessc1820
apteral1833
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [adjective] > defended by towers
toweredc1400
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable
higheOE
steepOE
heaven-highOE
highlyOE
brentc1400
hightc1480
hichty1513
procere1542
tall1548
spiringa1552
towereda1552
tower-like1552
upstretched1563
airy1565
excelse1569
haughty1570
topless1589
lofty1590
procerous1599
kiss-sky1603
skyish1604
topful?1611
aspiringc1620
sky-high1622
hiddy1632
tiptoed1632
sublime1635
towering1638
soaring1687
mountain high1693
clamberinga1717
skied1730
towery1731
pyramidic1740
skyey1750
skyward1792
skyscraping1797
exulting1798
high-reaching1827
steepling1892
high-rise1964
hi1972
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > conveyance carried by person or animal > [adjective] > bearing a howdah or castle
tower-backed1762
howdahed1803
toweredc1820
c1400 Sege Jerus. 868 Þis toured toun is tenful to wynne.
c1430 Seven Sag. (P.) 2842 Who hys thys castel, That hys touryde and kernelde wel?
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 31 The Tourrid Steple of the Paroche Chirch.
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 Towred Cities please us then.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 19 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 165 Cybele..is represented with a Tower'd Head.
1794 W. Marshall in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 208 The towered height of Stourton forms a prominent feature.
c1820 S. Rogers Alps in Italy 24 The towered elephant Upheld his trunk.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott (rev. ed.) i, in Poems (new ed.) I. 78 From the river winding clearly, Down to tower'd Camelot.
1909 H. R. Haggard Yellow God 42 The towered gateway of red brick.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [adjective] > in or belonging to specific prisons
counterlyc1575
towered1716
Newgatory1825
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 409 The two that turn'd Non-jurors with the t'other five tower'd Bishops.
1750 Student 2 No. 1. 22 The noble Septemvirate of tower'd Prelates.
3. Of a wounded bird: That has ‘towered’.
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the world > animals > birds > flight > [adjective] > of wounded bird
towered1827
1827 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 320 Besides 4 towered and lost birds.
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adj.c1400