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Definition of souterrain in English: souterrainnoun ˈsuːtəreɪn Archaeology An underground chamber or passage. Example sentencesExamples - A sketch was made of the souterrain and it was found to be about 52 feet long.
- The situation in south-west England is broadly comparable to southern Scotland, with rounds (small enclosed homesteads), courtyard houses, and souterrains present, though only one villa has been recognized west of Exeter.
- Irish houses, moreover, were now often built in close association with souterrains, stone-lined, underground passages, sometimes as much as 100 metres in length.
- A massive prehistoric underground bunker - or souterrain - has been excavated near Dundee.
- The souterrain, a place of underground hiding for local people in the millennium before Christ, was discovered and restored by Keelan and his friends.
Origin Mid 18th century: from French, from sous 'under' + terre 'earth'. |