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vauntmure

vauntmure noun: a false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.

Noun

vauntmure (plural vauntmures)

  1. A false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.
    • another Engine , named the Warwolf , pierced with one stone , and cut as even as a thread two vauntmures, as he did before at the siege of Brehin1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC

Forms of vauntmure

pluralvauntmures
alternative formvaimure
alternative formvamure

Origin of vauntmure

From French avant-mur. See vanguard and mure.

Questions about vauntmure

What does vauntmure mean?
Vauntmure means a false wall raised in front of the main wall as a fortification.
What part of speech is vauntmure?
Vauntmure is a noun.
What is the plural of vauntmure?
The plural of vauntmure is vauntmures.

Words near vauntmure in the dictionary

  1. vauntguard
  2. vauntguards
  3. vaunting
  4. vauntingly
  5. vauntings
  6. vauntmure
  7. vauntmures
  8. vaunts
  9. vaunty
  10. Vaupel
  11. Vaupels

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