rownee

English

Alternative forms

• raunee, rauny, rounee

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaʊni/
• Rhymes: -aʊni

Noun

rownee (plural rownees)

1. (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

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “rownee”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].