vallumn.

Brit.

/ˈvaləm/, U.S.

/ˈvæləm/

Etymology: Latin, < vallus stake, palisade.

1. A wall or rampart of earth, sods, or stone, erected as a permanent means of defence; esp. one of those constructed by the Romans in northern England and central Scotland.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > frontier wall

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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 790 Wee gather out of Bede, that the said Vallum or Rampier, was nothing else but a wall of turffes.

1699 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 38 Agricola began, and in some manner finished, a Wall or Vallum, upon that narrow Space of Land.

1726 A. Gordon Itinerarium Septentrionale 52 Thence the Vallum descends from the above-mentioned Hill, to another Brook.

1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 55 The vallum or ridged bank..crossing the Ikenild-street within two miles of Ewelme.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. ii. 404 The ‘Deil's Dike’, a vast rampart of earth and stone strengthened by a fosse... This singular British vallum has excited much less attention than its magnitude and great extent seem to demand.

1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. vi. 172 He would walk round the ancient vallum,..and wonder at the mechanical skill which could have moved such ponderous masses.

2. In Roman castrametation, a palisaded bank or mound, formed of the earth cast up from the ditch or fosse around a camp or station.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun]

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1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Crichton A circular camp or intrenchment, the vallum of which is very distinct.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 70 Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa.

1833 J. Davidson Brit. & Rom. Remains Axminster 13 It has been said that this intrenchment had formerly a double vallum,..but no vestiges of the inner vallum remain, if such an one ever existed.

1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders I. i. i. 120 The usual square form of a Roman camp strengthened by ditch and vallum and palisade.

in extended use.1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy (1819) II. v. 237 A small dunghill, which usually forms the first vallum to the residence of an Irish peasant.1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 301 An inner keep or castle, surrounded by a strong wall, beyond which was a ditch or deep fosse,..and beyond this again was raised an outer vallum or rampart.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vallum
释义	vallumn. Brit. /ˈvaləm/, U.S. /ˈvæləm/ Etymology: Latin, < vallus stake, palisade. 1. A wall or rampart of earth, sods, or stone, erected as a permanent means of defence; esp. one of those constructed by the Romans in northern England and central Scotland. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > frontier wall vallum1610 pretenturea1657 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 790 Wee gather out of Bede, that the said Vallum or Rampier, was nothing else but a wall of turffes. 1699 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 38 Agricola began, and in some manner finished, a Wall or Vallum, upon that narrow Space of Land. 1726 A. Gordon Itinerarium Septentrionale 52 Thence the Vallum descends from the above-mentioned Hill, to another Brook. 1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 55 The vallum or ridged bank..crossing the Ikenild-street within two miles of Ewelme. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. ii. 404 The ‘Deil's Dike’, a vast rampart of earth and stone strengthened by a fosse... This singular British vallum has excited much less attention than its magnitude and great extent seem to demand. 1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. vi. 172 He would walk round the ancient vallum,..and wonder at the mechanical skill which could have moved such ponderous masses. 2. In Roman castrametation, a palisaded bank or mound, formed of the earth cast up from the ditch or fosse around a camp or station. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] wallc900 banka1387 aggera1398 trench1445 braye1512 mantle-walla1522 werewalla1525 rampire1548 rampart1550 mound1558 mount1558 argin1589 vallie1602 earthwork1633 circumvallation1645 vallation1664 subtrench1669 epaulement1687 enceinte1708 ring1780 vallum1803 main-work1833 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Crichton A circular camp or intrenchment, the vallum of which is very distinct. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 70 Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa. 1833 J. Davidson Brit. & Rom. Remains Axminster 13 It has been said that this intrenchment had formerly a double vallum,..but no vestiges of the inner vallum remain, if such an one ever existed. 1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders I. i. i. 120 The usual square form of a Roman camp strengthened by ditch and vallum and palisade. in extended use.1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy (1819) II. v. 237 A small dunghill, which usually forms the first vallum to the residence of an Irish peasant.1829 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) I. 301 An inner keep or castle, surrounded by a strong wall, beyond which was a ditch or deep fosse,..and beyond this again was raised an outer vallum or rampart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610
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