rownee
English edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹaʊni/
- Rhymes: -aʊni
Noun edit
rownee (plural rownees)
- (British India, obsolete) A faussebraye; a subsidiary enceinte surrounding a fortified place on the outside of the proper wall and on the edge of the ditch.
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “rownee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].