antemural
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin antemurale. See mural.
Noun
editantemural (plural antemurals)
- An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
Translations
editoutwork 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: an‧te‧mu‧ral
Noun
editantemural m (plural antemurais)
- (military architecture) antemural (outwork of a defensive wall)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin antemūrāle.
Noun
editantemural m (plural antemurales)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “antemural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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