Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
castellet .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small castle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
castle .
Etymologies
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castle + -et? castle + -let?
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Examples
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Like most bridges, it was defended by a castlet at each end; and the English had provided it with an earthen outwork, as they had done for Les Tourelles at Orléans. [
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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