单词 | castellation |
释义 | castellationn. The building of castles; the furnishing of a house with battlements; concrete a fortified or castellated structure; a battlement. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > castle or fortified building > [noun] > building of castles castellation1853 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 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements kernel?c1225 abattlementc1400 battlementc1400 battling1430 embattlea1547 embattlementa1552 crenellation1849 castellation1861 1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. 1853 H. Jenkins Colchest. Castle The whole system of Norman castellation. 1858 London Rev. Oct. 123 We are treading, as it were, upon the battlements of this immense natural castellation [Snowdon]. 1861 E. A. Beaufort Egypt. Sepulchres II. xx. 176 The castellations and battlements of this [the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem] are so quaint as to be quite ludicrous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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