antemural
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin antemurale. See mural.
Noun edit
antemural (plural antemurals)
- An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
Translations edit
outwork of a defensive wall
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “antemural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧mu‧ral
Noun edit
antemural m (plural antemurais)
- (military architecture) antemural (outwork of a defensive wall)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin antemūrāle.
Noun edit
antemural m (plural antemurales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “antemural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014