antemurale

Etymology

From Latin antemūrāle (“barbican”).

Noun

antemurale m (plural antemurali)

1. barbican (or similar fortification)

Anagrams

• aumentarle

Etymology

ante- (“before”) +‎ mūrālis (“of or pertaining to a wall”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.te.muːˈraː.le/, [an.tɛ.muːˈraː.ɫɛ]

Noun

antemūrāle n (genitive antemūrālis); third declension

1. protecting wall, an outwork, breastwork, barbican

References

• antemurale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• antemurale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• antemurale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• antemurale in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016