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Antonyms for bastioned

Grammar : Adj
Spell : bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən

Definition of bastioned

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Middle French bastillon, diminutive of Old French bastille "fortress, tower, fortified, building," from Old Provençal bastir "build," perhaps originally "make with bast" (see baste (v.1)).
  • As in fortified : adj defended
Example sentences :
  • The bastioned walls, erected by the Venetians, are still standing.
  • Extract from : « Cyprus » by Franz von Lher
  • He it was who devised the bastioned enceinte around the castle.
  • Extract from : « The Isle of Wight » by G. E. Mitton
  • Every absurdity has been bastioned and barricaded by the power of the state.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The fortress consists of a bastioned heptagon, which can be attacked from land, but by a single front.
  • Extract from : « Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 » by Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach
  • And on the eastern side, over their heads, the little stone town with its bastioned walls was colored in bars of salmon and pearl.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy and other Italian Stories » by Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • “London is paved and bastioned with clever young men,” he would snarl.
  • Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
  • The fortifications are of great extent with a treble line of bastioned walls and a high citadel in the centre.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • On the bay at Biloxi, the Sieur de Iberville's bastioned fort held a dozen cannon.
  • Extract from : « Strange Stories of the Great River » by Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
  • Bastioned and sharply domed, it stood before him in clear outline; but within sides it was hollow as a skull; a place of ghosts.
  • Extract from : « Far to Seek » by Maud Diver
  • Its form is triangular, and the entire city is enclosed by a bastioned line of ramparts and several outworks.
  • Extract from : « Eric » by Mrs. S. B. C. Samuels

Synonyms for bastioned

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