antemural

English

Etymology

From Latin antemurale. See mural.

Noun

antemural (plural antemurals)

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

Translations

outwork of a defensive wall

• Portuguese: antemural m

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.te.muˈɾaw/ [ɐ̃.te.muˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.muˈɾal/ [ɐ̃.tɨ.muˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.muˈɾal/ [ɐ̃.tɨ.muˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.tɨ.muˈɾa.li/

• 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

Related terms

• mural

 

Further reading

• “antemural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10