antemural

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English

Etymology

From Latin antemurale. See mural.

Noun

antemural (plural antemurals)

  1. An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.

Translations

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧mu‧ral

Noun

antemural m (plural antemurais)

  1. (military architecture) antemural (outwork of a defensive wall)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antemūrāle.

Noun

antemural m (plural antemurales)

  1. barbican, fortification

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