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ballium

ballium noun: synonym of bailey (“fortification”).

Noun

ballium (plural balliums or ballia)

  1. Synonym of bailey (“fortification”).
    • [T]he southern court of the ballium had become a flower-garden, with quaint terraces, statues, knots of flowers, clipped yews and hollies, and all the pedantries of the topiarian art.1855, Charles Kingsley, “The True and Tragical History of Mr. John Oxenham of Plymouth”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge...
    Synonyms:
    bailey

Synonyms of ballium

Forms of ballium

pluralballiums
pluralballia

Origin of ballium

From Medieval Latin ballium.

Questions about ballium

What does ballium mean?
Ballium means synonym of bailey (“fortification”).
What part of speech is ballium?
Ballium is a noun.
What is the plural of ballium?
The plural of ballium is balliums.

Words near ballium in the dictionary

  1. ballistospores
  2. ballistosporic
  3. ballistospory
  4. ballists
  5. ballistæ
  6. ballium
  7. balliums
  8. ballize
  9. ballized
  10. ballizes
  11. ballizing

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