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balliums

balliums is the plural of ballium.

Meaning of ballium

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

Questions about balliums

What is balliums the plural of?
Balliums is the plural of ballium.

Words near balliums in the dictionary

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

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