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milecastles

milecastles is the plural of milecastle.

Meaning of milecastle

Noun

milecastle (plural milecastles)

  1. One of a series of small rectangular fortifications, spaced roughly one Roman mile apart, built during the period of the Roman Empire.

Questions about milecastles

What is milecastles the plural of?
Milecastles is the plural of milecastle.

Words near milecastles in the dictionary

  1. mile-fortlets
  2. mileage
  3. mileages
  4. Mileanca
  5. milecastle
  6. milecastles
  7. Mileff
  8. milefortlet
  9. milefortlets
  10. Mileham
  11. Mileikowski

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