milecastle
English
WOTD – 22 October 2022
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mīlʹ-käs'-əl, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪlˌkɑːsl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: mīlʹ-kăs'-əl, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪlˌkæs(ə)l/
- Hyphenation: mile‧cas‧tle
Noun
milecastle (plural milecastles)
- One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.
- Synonyms: milefortlet, mile-fortlet
Translations
one of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire
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References
- “milecastle, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading
- milecastle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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