单词 | wardhouse |
释义 | † wardhousen. Obsolete. 1. (the) Wardhouse: used to render Norwegian Vardøhuus, the name of a fortress situated on the island of Vardö, off the NE. coast of Norway. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > specific fort Wardhouse1557 wardhouse1590 redan1854 1557 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 334 Being at this North Cape the 2. day of July, we had [etc.]... The 3. day we came to Wardhouse. 1589 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 295 Articles..determined for the Commission of the Merchants of this company resiant in Russia, and at the Wardhouse, for the second voiage. 1615 R. Keale Trades Increase 4 Whereas the Hollander..betweene the Warde-house and the East-ward, at Tippenie, Kilden, Olena,..and at Saint Nicholas in Russia, had aboue thirty fiue sailes of their Shippes the last yeare. 2. A guardhouse for prisoners. Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > specific fort Wardhouse1557 wardhouse1590 redan1854 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > guardhouse wardhouse1590 guard-house1592 vaughouse1616 guard1714 guard-room1826 1590 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 538 Ane sufficient wardhous for prisonaris. 1611 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 127 The lettres..concerning prissones and wairdhoussis. 1618 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 357 Thomas Watsoune, maister measone to the bigging of the wardhous. 3. ? A post or station of a military guard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > guardhouse corps de garde1587 guard-house1592 court of guarda1616 wardhousea1643 a1643 J. Burroughs Sovereignty Brit. Seas (1651) 83 The King of Denmarke at his Wardhouse in the Sound, hath for a Licence a Doller. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1557 |
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